UrzlAmericans collectively are so "lawful neutral" that they'd rather give genocide a chance than step out of line to stop it.
We're mostly *terrified* of our government. It really suggests democracy has been gone for a while.
Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝It's not that Americans are terrified of their government: the majority of Americans are OK with supporting genocide. Last Presidential election, both candidates supported genocide and 2/3 of American voters voted for one of them.
clawfulneutral@gooba42 yeah, I’d echo what @richpuchalsky said and also point out that a combo of propaganda, poor education, anti-intellectualism, decay of organized anything, social atomization, existential malaise, the daily poverty grind, and bread & circuses (mostly circuses) goes a looong way in keeping a population pacified. some people fear the government but a lot of others simply have a different focus, and many of the subset who are managing to pay attention are kept neutralized by one or more of the other factors.
Poor education, poverty grind, and bread & circuses are all factors, but they tend to encourage non-voting. The third of potential voters who did not vote made a better and more moral decision than anyone who did, and it doesn't really matter why they made that decision.
@richpuchalsky @gooba42 good point