Recent events have updated me towards thinking that a decent fraction of Americans (10-40%?) will rationalize and go along with ~anything the current admin does
I feel like unfortunately I am maybe one of these people, but it sort of depends on the definition of “going along with”. I can’t imagine myself ever feeling generally good about any of the recent administrations, but I also can’t imagine myself trying to do much of anything about any of the things the administrations do, except for direct impacts on people I’m really close to. I’d guess that for that definition, the proportion may be significantly above 40%, like 80%-90%, but I’ve got no particular reason for those numbers.
TBC, by “going along with” I meant something like “explicitly approving of”. Agree that the proportion that wouldn’t directly try to do anything about it (besides voting) is much higher.
I feel like unfortunately I am maybe one of these people, but it sort of depends on the definition of “going along with”. I can’t imagine myself ever feeling generally good about any of the recent administrations, but I also can’t imagine myself trying to do much of anything about any of the things the administrations do, except for direct impacts on people I’m really close to. I’d guess that for that definition, the proportion may be significantly above 40%, like 80%-90%, but I’ve got no particular reason for those numbers.
TBC, by “going along with” I meant something like “explicitly approving of”. Agree that the proportion that wouldn’t directly try to do anything about it (besides voting) is much higher.