Most people, especially Americans, do not give a shit about some war across the planet. Any war, by anyone.
But every day Americans in our car-dependent society drive by countless gas stations and see the number on the sign keep going up. Something they have to buy at least twice a month merely to basically subsist.
They'll be screaming for blood at home by June at the latest.
I don't outright disagree with any of this but from my experience everyone is aware of the war in Ukraine and everyone seems to at least kinda care.
There are multiple billboards with "stand with Ukraine" and buildings lit up with blue and yellow in my area.
Anyone who isn't aware and doesn't care about Ukraine is so disconnected from politics that there's no way they vote and therefore no reason for politicians to care what they think about gas prices
Institutions and individuals who are highly politically-engaged, primarily via the internet and social media. I guarantee you these people make up a very loud minority. At worst, the support of the "majority" of Americans will boil down to pure rhetoric: a "Yes" or "No" answer to simple or leading questions designed by pollsters.
The majority who do care and make a spectacle out of how much they care are also extremely ignorant as to the context of this conflict or what they're asking for - see the protests calling for a "No-Fly Zone" today (AKA nuclear war). These people are a fraction of the group that simply answer Yes or No to a poll.
And the people with an ideological ax to grind? A fraction of that fraction.
Most people, especially Americans, do not give a shit about some war across the planet. Any war, by anyone.
But every day Americans in our car-dependent society drive by countless gas stations and see the number on the sign keep going up. Something they have to buy at least twice a month merely to basically subsist.
They'll be screaming for blood at home by June at the latest.
I don't outright disagree with any of this but from my experience everyone is aware of the war in Ukraine and everyone seems to at least kinda care.
There are multiple billboards with "stand with Ukraine" and buildings lit up with blue and yellow in my area.
Anyone who isn't aware and doesn't care about Ukraine is so disconnected from politics that there's no way they vote and therefore no reason for politicians to care what they think about gas prices
Americans can't even wear a mask for an extended time. I think Americans do care but only as long as it doesn't inconvenience them.
This is a good point. Americans will absolutely 'care' up until it actually means they have to sacrifice anything
However with mask, they were deeply politicized from the beginning and ime plenty of people have had no problem wearing them
Institutions and individuals who are highly politically-engaged, primarily via the internet and social media. I guarantee you these people make up a very loud minority. At worst, the support of the "majority" of Americans will boil down to pure rhetoric: a "Yes" or "No" answer to simple or leading questions designed by pollsters.
The majority who do care and make a spectacle out of how much they care are also extremely ignorant as to the context of this conflict or what they're asking for - see the protests calling for a "No-Fly Zone" today (AKA nuclear war). These people are a fraction of the group that simply answer Yes or No to a poll.
And the people with an ideological ax to grind? A fraction of that fraction.
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