You make a good point. I think sadly it will not rise to the point of actual effect. It will inflame people who support her, and those folks are likely already inflamed over Gaza. Many others don’t give a shit about her or actively hate her, and they will either gloss over this or say “that’s what you get” or even “good.”

My own mother, who is a feminist and wildlife advocate, loves to repost FB memes about her being an unrealistic virtue signalling twat who perfoms a low-carbon image while still not living up to the humble standards of the elbow-grease-powered older generations. It’s sad. Greta is incredibly polarizing, and some people just hate her for being young and idealistic.

On the whole I don’t see this affecting anything. We live in an era of mutually exclusive mental models of reality and they can be incredibly well insulated.

I asked you a question. I didn’t put words in your mouth. You even answered it. A lot of people say “I can’t” when they mean “I choose not to for a combination of reasons.” Just be a grownup and own your choices. Nobody’s knocking them.

Is it really impossible? Or you choose not to for various reasons.

I didn’t say it would be easy. I just said you are not doomed.

Your town may be, but you can move.

It’s just what they tell themselves while their rural hellscaie is hollowed out by meth, decades after the jobs all left.

At the very least, the word can be used figuratively to describe the decay and breakdown of social fabric. Personally I find it refreshing to hear an entire society held accountable, not just a few mustache twirling villains at the top.

I like how you cast everyday breakdown of social fabric as “corruption.” We usually only apply that word to leaders but you’re right it can pervade every level.

It’s a fair point.

Prior to Trump, every time a Republican president took power they would make a little speech about how “now it’s time for unity” and look sideways across the aisle at the Democrats.

With Trump that speech was more like “our political opponents, who are subhuman, can eat my fist and die.”

It’s not easy to stand up to emotionally gratifying memes to elucidate the subtle realities of what’s actually going on. Kudos to you. I hope you have an amazing day.

Nice. None of those “go woke go broke” boycotts ever actually materialize into meaningful business pressure.

Unless you’re fucking Cracker Barrel.