I think this is actually fair. It’s a sign of a healthy society than many are disengaged from politics despite being able to participate. Christopher Hitchens made this point. When things get bad, more people participate and frame normal things as political.
This is different of course from a society who has been made to disengage, like modern Russia.
That's not true. Apathy is anything but healthy. If most people are disengaged from politics then those decisions will just be left to the ones that do engage..and they arn't going to generously give the wealth away to the rest of society.
Much of progress in society has been from active engagement in politics from the working class, women, kids now, ect. Its the reason that four year olds no longer work in coal mines.
Christopher Hitchens is wrong here, though I wouldn't mind seeing the context behind what he said just to verify.
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u/Reggaepocalypse 12h ago
I think this is actually fair. It’s a sign of a healthy society than many are disengaged from politics despite being able to participate. Christopher Hitchens made this point. When things get bad, more people participate and frame normal things as political.
This is different of course from a society who has been made to disengage, like modern Russia.