> It seems that complaining makes people complacent and useless.
Um, what? Does not complaining make people less complacent?
> When has complaining about the US government ever led to change?
"Complaining but voting for the same people" has not led to change, I'll give you that.
> Either the right is a useless fig leaf for lack of any substantial rights, or I live amongst terrible people.
The right is essential to having informed people. Informed people are essential for any useful change. It's a necessary condition, not a sufficient one - if people don't care enough, free speech by itself doesn't cause any change.
Right, so better get rid of the department charged with helping have an informed electorate. The slope is much steeper than I ever imagined a US President ever being able to get away with. This guy has shown us exactly how precarious the balance of power actually was. Just get enough people in all of the branches to have control, and boom! (figuratively, hopefully not literally too)
> Does not complaining make people less complacent
Absolutely: people realize their speech has zero possible impact
Compare to today: people rant endlessly, but are confused when their speech has zero impact. Perhaps if they realized this sooner they would not have made such useless efforts
Um, what? Does not complaining make people less complacent?
> When has complaining about the US government ever led to change?
"Complaining but voting for the same people" has not led to change, I'll give you that.
> Either the right is a useless fig leaf for lack of any substantial rights, or I live amongst terrible people.
The right is essential to having informed people. Informed people are essential for any useful change. It's a necessary condition, not a sufficient one - if people don't care enough, free speech by itself doesn't cause any change.