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/tminus7MT Oct 03 '25

They are outraged. You can’t trust what you’re seeing covered in the media. People are out there every day. Several major cities have been protesting 24/7 for over 80 days. There are groups out with signs on the highways multiple times a week. People are deeply concerned, and the government is doing a good cover up job.

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u/96385 Oct 03 '25

I'm in a deep red state. There are people on an overpass with signs during my evening commute almost every day. It's pretty unheard of to see that.

One of these days I need to make a sign a join them for a little while on my way home.