callousness

[illuvium]

been a little bit...! but anyway, i know that i shouldn't have my hopes up too high regarding others' empathy, but i just can't help but be taken aback nonetheless at what i keep seeing. it's terrifying to see such an outpouring of support for someone being grossly racist towards a little boy and to realize that these are the kinds of people you are expected to tolerate and coexist with. i don't even know that this is an empathy problem, it's just a bigot problem. i guess i shouldn't be surprised since i'm confident that these people were like that to begin with, but now it's just increasingly terrible since there are no consequences to doing this anymore. not that there necessarily were consequences before, but i think that the lack of political support in such high up places has really emboldened these people. that, too, doesn't exactly fit well, either. it's not like past governments were all that great either. deportations were happening at a quicker rate if anything, but you don't see them get humanized, since they did just become statistics. given that that's the case, it just makes me wonder why these people choose now to finally start. such bigotry is so tolerated in the world that it wouldn't have really mattered when they started, and that's quite the terrible thought.
on a related note, i think it's also extremely off-putting to see people online idolizing filthy rich, privileged spenders like becca bloom. i understand where they're coming from, of course; it's very appealing to see someone better off than you will ever be live their life, to daydream about a life where the government actually tries to help you rather than further increase the gap between the classes. it's just a consequence of the situation people are in, but i can't help but hopelessly hope that these people wake up and realize just how gross that gap really is. regarding becca bloom herself, i think that it's just really gross for people to be in positions of such privilege where things you say won't end up meaningfully disturbing your life and not do any sort of advocacy. but, i guess i can't expect that from people who make consumerism their entire brand.