Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Ennui: It's What's for Breakfast

Zandar at ABL:
Two-thirds of people who identified themselves as Tea Party or as Republicans followed this story and 20% took action to contact their representatives and senators in Congress. Democrats? Well, Democrats apparently didn’t give a damn. Only one third even followed the debt ceiling story and only 5% did contact Congress. If you wonder why the Tea Party minority can control such a huge swath of Congress, it’s because the rest of us are apparently too cynical, too cool, or too depressed to care.
Zandar goes on to make the point that the young have the most to lose here.

The thought that I would add is that Circular Firing Squad Central has become a place where ennui is encouraged. Indeed, I recall seeing a diary recently where someone was reflecting positively on the Obama administration and was told that he only felt that way because he was uneducated. Amazing.

At the point where a website is encouraging disengagement from the political process, I'd say that its mission is over. Time to retire.

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