Are Americans too political?

[i]“Most Americans do not live in ideological bubbles, because they take little interest in politics at all. According to polling by the Pew Research Center, only about 13 percent of Americans say they talk about politics daily, making me and most people reading this column a minority smaller (much smaller) than gun owners.”[/i] [b]~ Michael Gerson[/b], in[i] “How can our political bubbles be popped?”[/i] [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2pbMi0F [/c]

There is a myth, close to universally believed (although self-evidently false) that there is some kind of natural force or will of the people that brings inevitable “progressive” change as humanity marches ever forward toward the light, despite the attempts of reactionaries from the right to stop it.

This is an artificial construction which comes from the Enlightenment and the French Revolution – where the idea of ideologies was born . All of these ideologies have actually been instigated by a small minority, including the French Revolution as [b]Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn[/b] explains in his essay [i]“Operation Parricide: De Sade, Robespierre and the French Revolution” [/i] [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/29G4Bnj[/c]

All of these modern secular ideologies are just Christian heresies instigated and pushed by an elite: [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2bc8H7p [/c]

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Gh0s1

Nout to do with being American. Its just about being alive in the world as it is today and being exposed to media outlets with differing ideologies and values.

There's nobody left with any credibility, so naturally everybody distrusts everyone else and we get these secular and fundamentalist groups who just stick to their guns and have an understandably hostile attitude towards opposing views or sources of information.
Unfortunately it leaves lots of people open for manipulation and political grooming through fear tactics and mis-information.

SW-User

Not true. Close, but not true. What the French Revolution and Enlightenment did was seek to explain and examine the natural progression of mankind, not invent a construct for it.

Man progresses. individually and collectively. He attains spiritual growth, his body evolves and adapts, he learns and build on that knowledge, he discovers, he refines, he explores and expands in qualities like mercy, collectivism and understanding. It's a matter of science, but it also obvious.

sunrisehawk · 61-69, M

The real oddity is that the average American was discussing and debating politics for the first century of our existence as a nation. But even then, the general population tended to become passionate when they could follow an inspiring leader who communicated a vision. It didn't matter if that vision was achievable in many cases, just as today, but that is was clearly articulated and the opposition didn't offer a clear and different vision.

Cierzo · M

I agree that the French revolution, and the age of reason,science, and materialism that follows it is the origen of the false idea of progress. Numbers rule. The numbers of life years and national wealth are larger. Therefore, we live in progress, the shallow spirit of modern times says.

The fact that our lives are devoid of transcendence is irrelevant.

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ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M

13% of Americans talking about politics [i] daily[/i] is too few too infrequently?

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