This country is at the point where catastrophic failures will have to be regular occurrences for people to care or take notice of what is happening. As things are now, most of the American populous is just zombie walking through their day to day lives.
the more i travel this country the less i believe this to be true.
the "fly over" states people are not connected to coastal cities and metropolitan areas as much as they should be.
they don't really have skin in the game and can gamble with their votes and representatives.
someone in Harrisburg, PA doesn't give a fukk about their egg prices going up or the new iphone costing 5 figures.
they don't really have skin in the game like a New Yorker, Angelino, or Chicagoan does. Life is the same no matter who's in office.
this is partially why Republicans want states rights so much. to silo Americans even further from each other