Re:America is giving up on the pandemic?
by zarathustreal on Sunday June 07, 2020 @06:12PM
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>When people who normally do not pay attention are forced to see what's happening, then change can occur. It's going to be uncomfortable for a lot of people as they come to terms with their own privilege
Unfortunately you're very correct there, though not in the way I think you're assuming. Force people with influence, power, money, ability to be above common problems, to see what's happening and you're not going to get a pat on the back. Change is certainly going to happen, and it's not going to be the change you're hoping for.
Re:America is giving up on the pandemic?
by CathedralBorrow on Monday June 08, 2020 @10:03AM
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> Change is certainly going to happen, and it's not going to be the change you're hoping for.
Can you clue in the rest of us here? These are very chaotic times and I'd really like to know what the future holds.
Re:America is giving up on the pandemic?
by humaniania on Sunday June 07, 2020 @09:00PM
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What a fatalistic and pessimistic attitude. I hope that you're not that negative about everything in life.
This tells me the protests are working. When people who normally do not pay attention are forced to see what's happening, then change can occur. It's going to be uncomfortable for a lot of people as they come to terms with their own privilege and the plight of other groups. But, growth doesn't occur without first being uncomfortable.
> sentiment around their movement, as dissent or even public agnosticism toward it has been all but quashed
Sentiment will be judged through action and change.