Is there a concept for the psychological phenomenon where, after you have identified an assuredly bad guy, you see a good guy appear?
I just don't understand how we can attribute this strength of democracy to the United States in particular. I think it's very clear the rotation of leaders we get all come from the same batch of people, and all of them, within their party lines, say the same things over and over. Pervasive problems in gerrymandering are widely known. The conditions and conciliations under which you can even enter and be supported by a political party to become a leader, seems to preclude a lot of the benefits of the democratic rotation of leaders. Not even to mention the economic requirements.
I think its good to be hopeful I guess, but I just really really don't understand. It seems like so many valid issues with our country have just disappeared from people's mind the past month. Just a few years ago, all these pundits were going "democracy dies in the darkness" and articulating how fragile all this is because of interests ultimately alien to the common person. Now? It seems like we truly manifest the superpowers of democracy. I just don't understand why we can't handle the minimum of nuance such that we don't devolve into naive moral stories about the world.
I think people are looking for a bad guy all the time. The difference is that they often blame those who they should be friends with. Once you have a cartoon villain the infighting stops.
I just don't understand how we can attribute this strength of democracy to the United States in particular. I think it's very clear the rotation of leaders we get all come from the same batch of people, and all of them, within their party lines, say the same things over and over. Pervasive problems in gerrymandering are widely known. The conditions and conciliations under which you can even enter and be supported by a political party to become a leader, seems to preclude a lot of the benefits of the democratic rotation of leaders. Not even to mention the economic requirements.
I think its good to be hopeful I guess, but I just really really don't understand. It seems like so many valid issues with our country have just disappeared from people's mind the past month. Just a few years ago, all these pundits were going "democracy dies in the darkness" and articulating how fragile all this is because of interests ultimately alien to the common person. Now? It seems like we truly manifest the superpowers of democracy. I just don't understand why we can't handle the minimum of nuance such that we don't devolve into naive moral stories about the world.