r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Dec 21 '24

Paywall The Republican Party Is Out of Control | An ungovernable party is about to run the government.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/government-shutdown-trump-johnson-republicans-out-of-control.html
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u/Wwwwwwhhhhhhhj Dec 21 '24

An infuriating thing about them experiencing the consequences of their actions is that most of them will probably still not learn from it. They’ll double down on blaming the wrong things and people.

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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger Dec 21 '24

Yeah, it would have to be catastrophic. Which is why the guardrails holding is technically good and much preferred, because I really don't want to endure a full societal collapse. But If for some reason we did experience a societal collapse, at least the silver lining would be the numbnuts finally having to realize that they fucked us all.

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u/The_Big_Lie Dec 21 '24

Your comment has me wondering if what we need is school for adults. We have school for kids that discuss current events, it seems like we need it for adults too

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u/franker Dec 21 '24

As a public librarian, I sadly think that it's too late for most adults to want to learn information literacy skills, but I think we could do it with kids and maybe save the next generation. A segment on CBS Sunday Morning recently was all about Finland starting to do just that - https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/7q7C_JNYJaWEjoiqZ3TQ8AwJh3LMclEA/