Not one thing about that was condescending.

Have you spoken with someone aged 65+? How about people living in flyover country?

Most do not care about their abstract rights, as the OP stated. Life is mostly okay, maybe not as easy as 2000-2008, but pretty easy. Therefore, they don't want to rock the boat.

>Most do not care about their abstract rights, as the OP stated. Life is mostly okay, maybe not as easy as 2000-2008, but pretty easy. Therefore, they don't want to rock the boat.

I'm surprised that you've been downvoted for this, because it's absolutely true.

The complete inaction in reaction to the scandals that have broken over the past decade or so, and I'm not going to just confine this to the US as it has happened in Europe and elsewhere, showed that people feel disconnected and completely powerless to what has gone on.

Actually, I would expect the opposite from people in flyover country, which has a common distrust of all things government.

I've noticed that it's an awkward distrust. They distrust police, but support them because they're heroes. They unabashedly support the military, for any reason. Federal government they sort of distrust, but mostly just don't want feds around. State government they don't want anywhere near their lives, but are staunchly supportive of state's individual rights. Local government they only distrust because they know the people on the county board and don't like them, but believe that all power is derived from local government.

At least those are the general attitudes in my small portion of middle-America; take it for what it's worth, I guess. I can't wrap my mind around it.

So, basically, they are just people. Much like everywhere else.

How about you stop calling it flyover country. You're just making wild generalizations anyways. I grew up "there" and have always appreciated government. I hunt if that's enough "flyover" cred for you.

Funny thing to say, since you have no idea where I'm from nor know anything about me.