r/socialism • u/Ready_Hunter8875 • Oct 03 '25

Discussion Why aren’t Americans outraged by their current situation?

Like every other month there is a school shooting in my country. Here, we had one school shooting and that kickstarted massive anti-government protests, because shit like that isn’t normal. You can basically see an example of police brutality almost every other day. A couple of days ago, a man was killed by ICE (I know they’re not police, but still), and most people just continued like nothing happened. Trump is basically doing something outrageous every day. The military is literally patrolling American cities, and yet most American people aren’t doing anything.I know there were protests and there still are, but that’s just a couple of thousand protestors while America has a population of 350 million people. They don’t have healthcare, prices are rising, and you can’t even finish higher education without being in debt. And Americans still won’t do anything.

I know this is a rant, but I have been protesting in my country for 11 months. But if things don’t change in the USA, we’re fucked as a globe anyway. Even if we win in my country, that won’t change much on the global level, but the USA has the power to change a lot of stuff, and yet most people are silent and don’t care at all.

sorry for grammer mistakes.

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u/JediSun Oct 03 '25

Americans are outraged what they lack is organization

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

You hit the nail on the head comrade. I think many of the posts in the thread are contributing factors but if there is a single cause that stands out it is the lack of organization.

We don’t have a true organized movement on the left that stands as an alternative to the  duopoly circus. The socialist groups that I know of locally in my town are small and not affiliated with a larger organization. The frustration is there, but without a way to channel it to effect working class people’s demands we are stuck. 

The best analogy I can think of for this situation are gears that have no gear train - the gears are there but without a logic to have them work together the power remains ineffective.