The view must be very clear from where you sit. Many Freepers are still having cognitive dissonance on some deeper level. A good analogy, last fall a burglar kicked my front door in. As I heard the cracking and thunderous noise — very quickly— my brain scanned for every experience it could recall to “normalize” what it was processing. Ofcourse, it could not. A very similar thing is happening here. The normalcy bias is so strong with Americans — it is taking them a very long time to accept what is clearly playing out in their lifetimes.
It is. I'm old and close to a large US city that has fallen to third world status.
Many Freepers are still having cognitive dissonance on some deeper level.
I know. I read a post the other day knocking Canada's record on free speech. As if free speech was still alive and well in the US.
The normalcy bias is so strong with Americans — it is taking them a very long time to accept what is clearly playing out in their lifetimes.
The last 13 years, for you and I, have been a sea change. I remember when you drove to the airport, paid for your ticket in cash and WALKED ON THE AIRPLANE, just as an example.
The loss of personal liberty has been a slow but sure process. I doubt that people will wake up. I do not know how this will end.