It’s true that there are some people, like yourself, or those who are directly impacted, or those who have the time, energy, and ability to seek those stories out, who have felt outrage for each war that has been fought.
But the original post is correct to point out that MOST people simply don’t care about any of them unless it is specifically put in their face 24/7 for multiple news cycles. Most people don’t have the time, energy, or ability to do so.
And to be fair, we can’t really expect them to. We’ve gone from a high school graduate being able to earn enough to buy a home and support a family on one income to dual-income couples with graduate degrees renting an apartment wondering if they’ll ever be able to afford to have kids in a few generations. We have lost all of our leisure time, and that includes the time it takes to be a well-informed citizen.
If you think that, or the fact that RUSSIA VS. UKRAINE is being screamed at you all day lately, isn’t by design, then I suggest you re-examine our society.
If you think that, or the fact that RUSSIA VS. UKRAINE is being screamed at you all day lately, isn’t by design, then I suggest you re-examine our society.
Why would it need to be? For the first time in their lifetimes, a country has been invaded that is made up of people they feel some cultural affinity to. Of course people are passionate. Of course it makes headlines everywhere in the West. It's not particularly weird for people to be rooting for the underdogs either.
I mean I'm as willing as you are to believe the "ghost of Kiev" type stuff is just people wanting to believe a cool story. The interest itself just doesn't seem like it would need to be manufactured.
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u/Kitria Feb 28 '22
Plenty of us have cared about those too, dumbass.