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I've been reading about how crappy our government is my entire life and barely anything changes or improves. Realistically, things are getting worse, more expensive, and I don't see anyone who really votes for things not on an emotional level so we don't ever address real problems. I don't think anything will change about this for another 20 years.

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Well if you read https://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/ he is saying that we are in the "Turbulent Twenties" and compared to the recent past there is significant political and social upheaval. Essentially the US is in a "chaotic period" where a spark could start a civil war or government collapse.

But on an absolute scale, though, I guess this trend is easy to miss. The riots have only involved a few thousand people, and they haven't been incredibly violent or anything, a few people dead but not a lot. If you don't follow the news closely you could probably miss everything but the Capitol riot.

99.9% of people won't do anything so long as the tele and McDonalds is available.

> [The riots] haven't been incredibly violent or anything, a few people dead but not a lot.

This is unimaginable to me. I can only speak for Germany here, but there was a single death[1] in the last 25 years on a protests. I'm so sorry for everyone living in America.

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Todesopfern_bei_Demo... ( excluding accidents )

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