1/ There was a time when Americans gave more equal attention to both the private and the public spheres of life. After the assassination of the 1960s, people were scared away from the public sphere having received a loud unspoken message that it was a dangerous place to be.
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2/ We received the message, at least unconsciously, that we’d better leave the public sphere alone. That whoever wanted to control it so badly that they were willing to kill in order to do so, would have no problem coming for us as well.
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3/ Far too many of us did as we were told, surrendering the public sphere to whoever it was that wanted to control it so badly. We poured our talents and intelligence mainly into the private sector, then woke up one day and realized “Oh my God, look what they did.” Big awakening.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
and Trump was elected to clean up the mess. as he is doing. The End.
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Replying to @MD20406080
So not. He is the ultimate sociopathic expression of the venality of corporatism.
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