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Glyptodon ◴[] No.42954673[source]
I don't have outrage fatigue. Outrages are outrages and they are what they are. Are there many exaggerations and fake outrages? Sure. But things like the USA's current constitutional crisis are real.

What I struggle with isn't fatigue at outrage, it's knowing what to do about it.

I think violence is going to become more common, but I don't particularly think it will be effective.

So less so than outrage, it's the feeling that we're trapped in a real life doom loop with no clear off ramp that I struggle with.

I would like to do something... But what?

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philomath_mn ◴[] No.42954687[source]
> I think violence is going to become more common

What kind and why?

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Glyptodon ◴[] No.42954768[source]
Stuff like the Thompson or Abe assassinations.

That said, I think the why is more complicated. At least in the US I think there's a general sense that the world is backsliding, and that people feel like any bump on the road of life risks turning into a complete derailment. But this doesn't lead to any one particular ideology or course of action, so much as externalization of angst, whether against individuals, systems, or the "nobody pays attention to our angst let's burn it all down" attitude that's somewhat widespread.

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genewitch ◴[] No.42955997[source]
for the record, not everyone in the US thinks the sky is falling. it's the same extremely vocal groups as before that do, from what i can see.

Some of us are cautiously optimistic.

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1. lukas099 ◴[] No.42956821{3}[source]
It’s not that the sky is falling, it’s that we’re autocratizing. Usually that’s a gradual process.