Concentration camps start becoming the norm … mass arrests everywhere … country becoming more and more militarized … rhetoric sounding more and more authoritarian
Meanwhile American media is writing stories about nothing and average Americans are sitting around hoping it will all just go away and there is not a loud enough voice anywhere that any of it has to be stopped
We … the entire world … are sleep walking into conflict
the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working, that structures are crumbling, that society is going through these massive shifts, and yet the institutions and the people that are in power just are like ignoring it and are pretending like everything is going to go on the way that it has.”
“We all know that that’s not true, so you are feeling the discomfort between what you know to be true and how you’re seeing people react to it,” she concluded, reassuring that, “your vibes are not off. Your instincts are not off. There’s a term for it. You’re welcome.”
That is a great documentary that explains very clearly the world we live in. It’s a long one at three hours … but a very worthwhile and informative show that should be required viewing by everyone.
I’m not sleepwalking, but what can we outside of US really do? I’m fully aware of what’s happening, but it’s not much I can do as a regular EU citizen.
I mean lots of little stuff you’re probably already doing. Buying locally/EU, not visiting the US right now, supporting friends and family whenever they are. Condemning fascism at home when it pops up.
Concentration camps start becoming the norm … mass arrests everywhere … country becoming more and more militarized … rhetoric sounding more and more authoritarian
Meanwhile American media is writing stories about nothing and average Americans are sitting around hoping it will all just go away and there is not a loud enough voice anywhere that any of it has to be stopped
We … the entire world … are sleep walking into conflict
the disconnect between seeing that systems are failing, that things aren’t working, that structures are crumbling, that society is going through these massive shifts, and yet the institutions and the people that are in power just are like ignoring it and are pretending like everything is going to go on the way that it has.”
“We all know that that’s not true, so you are feeling the discomfort between what you know to be true and how you’re seeing people react to it,” she concluded, reassuring that, “your vibes are not off. Your instincts are not off. There’s a term for it. You’re welcome.”
hypernormalisation
That’s the word. The Adam Curtis BBC documentary of the same name is well worth watching, since time appears to be a loop.
https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/hypernormalisation/
yup. and i guess we should probably link the video, too, eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to72IJzQT5k
That is a great documentary that explains very clearly the world we live in. It’s a long one at three hours … but a very worthwhile and informative show that should be required viewing by everyone.
I’m not sleepwalking, but what can we outside of US really do? I’m fully aware of what’s happening, but it’s not much I can do as a regular EU citizen.
I mean lots of little stuff you’re probably already doing. Buying locally/EU, not visiting the US right now, supporting friends and family whenever they are. Condemning fascism at home when it pops up.