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I think one of the biggest contributors to American complacency in this is the slow decline of communal relationships over the last half century.
If you’re an average person and don’t interact with your neighbors often, know things about each other, and have similar concerns and interests, how do you build momentum to even start? How do you go from barely knowing someone to a whole group of people going out and marching together?
So even if people started to act, the starting point is getting to know people… THEN convince them to join. It’s no longer “I believe in this and I know Bill does too.”
Now combine that with the fact that more than half of the country is so overwhelmed existing that they don’t know this stuff is happening because they’re politically disengaged or unaware from just keeping the lights on.
That means meeting your own community, building rapport and support, AND educating them on what’s happening and why it’s important. All of that before you even hit the streets.
The fact that any mass protests like the ones in Vermont are happening at all is incredible.
We need to be building up these relationships ahead of time and from now on. (Which as an introvert is repulsive)
Obviously, we can coordinate with online communities and meet up, but there’s a big missing piece with our local community immediately around where we live that has died off.
Rant over…but for my online community friends, I’m down for a protest in Phoenix or DC if we have to go. LFG