Comments | darksumomo: What motivates Americans to act

darksumomo

What motivates Americans to act

Jul 28, 2011 02:58

Here's something inspired by this thread on the most recent LJ is down post on JournalFen. People there are counting their blessings that U.S. LJ users are so far not calling for SUP to suspend accounts of Russian users who are being targeted. In particular, lied_ohne_worte wrote about the last DDoS:Yes, I recall suggestions to just put everything ( Read more... )

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amp23 July 29 2011, 00:56:47 UTC

Guess that means it was good for the status quo, and bad for the rest of us, that the NFL lockout was resolved.

darksumomo July 29 2011, 03:29:37 UTC

Yes, but that's not all of it. It's also why the NFL lockout has been resolved, but the debt ceiling hasn't. Americans usually act to either get their entertainment back or, if they can't, get revenge on those who took it away. About the best bet would have been to link the NFL lockout to larger labor issues and the owners to plutocracy and transfer the anger to more useful targets that way. Most progressives wouldn't stoop to that, but I would. I have an excuse. I was a Republican for 22 years and some habits die hard.

darksumomo July 29 2011, 08:34:57 UTC

Holy shit, it actually posted! I got an error message and thought the comment failed.

amp23 July 29 2011, 11:50:49 UTC

haven't ever been a republican, but as someone who would like to see america wake up and take action against plutocracy, i would go there. nothing exemplifies the screwed up priorities of the nation like professional sports, in my book. (especiall considering the amount of corporate welfare they suck down yearly while the people most likely to watch sports bitch about poor people getting a break)