Americans routinely overinvest passion in social crises that barely affect daily life

Evidence

Contemporary societies have experienced a tremendous social, political, economic, and migratory crisis that has been conducive to the rise of racist rhetoric, violent actions, police brutality, xenophobic attacks, and religious intolerance. The threats to people’s lives and the planet have deteriorated the vital harmony of human existence and have produced countless personal and collective traumas. As a result of these everyday realities, skepticism, disengagement, and hopelessness have settled in the minds and hearts of many, eliciting a feeling of disenchantment and indifference. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1381 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Acute social crises breed skepticism and hopelessness rather than only outrage — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 1381; Hyper-political passion coexists with declining organized interest conflict — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 333

Broader Connections

• Acute social crises breed skepticism and hopelessness rather than only outrage #complicates (0.72) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1381