They call it a representative republic.
Democracy has never been tried at a scale the size of the US. But I'd argue that it was the end goal on many who penned the US constitution, that it's well past the point where it could have been reached, and that over and again it's been held back by fools.
It's interesting. It was pretty clear to me as a child, years ago, that this nation was fucked.
It had, and has, potential, but is driving in the wrong direction, with blinders on.
But I think it's a perspective thing.
Some people just don't see it, cause they are doing fine in their fishbowls.
Others have a twisted perspective and can't tell what's real and what's not--even confuse what's right in front of them, or biting them in the ass.
There are people that see it, sure. And people who fight against it. But it's a lot and they are few. So even with huge wins here or there the overall trajectory remains the same.
It's like the doomsday clock: it's 5 second to midnight, maybe tomorrow it'll move back to 10 seconds, but it's unlikely to ever move back a minute, or an hour, or a day.
And I'm an optimist.
Look deeper. There have been underground resistance groups that have formed and taken action using new tech to organize and communicate.
With those tools and groups in place, and with their practice using them to organize group action, they are in a key position to lead more overt resistance operations going forwards... As well as provide guidance and support to other groups that form in other areas as they naturally will.
A similar get up to the underground railroads and zines of years past, that, in those days, provided platforms for organization, expansion, and brought up the historical resistance leaders we can still read about today.
Those leaders and actions don't just pop up and happen spontaneously, even though it may appear that way when you only read about them and the outcome of those events in history classes.
There's a whole process to the buildup that has often taken years, sometimes decades, but can now occur much quicker due to our modern resources.
When, or if, a time comes when the scales tip and people turn to more overt action, the systems needed to ensure they are noteworthy will already be in place, I assure you.
There's no need to rush it ATM.
Haste makes waste, as they say.
But there's always a breaking point, and we vary well may hit it.
No, we want the view count there to go up.
It sends an important message about censorship.
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Not sure what this article says, but I read statistics show most Colbert shows get about 2.5mil views when initially aired.
Even his most viewed, like with Taylor Swift tend to be pretty low.
They do get streamed online after, and copied and shared in ways that likely are not tracked officially.
This video almost immediately matched those aired show views, and continues to climb.
It's at 8.4mil currently.
8.4 and climbing
There is a conversation to be had here about how newer broadcast mediums like YouTube are not regulated the same way as older mediums like TV/Radio... And it is that old regulation and those differences that allowed Colbert to sidestep this censorship.
Both the censorship and the tech aspects of this story are worthy of discussion, and thus this 'event' most certainly does belong here.
But most people are more concerned about the censorship and the content of the video, and that will naturally influence the direction of most discussions about it.
Plus, people don't always even look at the forum a post was shared too before commenting. Naturally they just see a thing that interests them and they start talking about it.
I only know the forum cause I got far enough down the comments to see yours.
I'm still confused how core Christian beliefs can be in any way compatible with right leaning political beliefs.
Some Republicans know better than to mess with 1st amendment rights, maybe even most, but apparently none of those Republicans own or control our media outlets or operate our government.
I kinda feel like there are definitely poor Republicans, but all the supposed rich and powerful Republicans secretly belong to an entirely different clan.
Philosophy is the foundation of science.
There is a distinct difference between belief and religious beliefs. Please get your bib...er, dictionary out.
I joined the fediverse and blocked all meme and shitpost feeds, so maybe take that everyone out of your goddamn mouth!
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