Does anybody care anymore?

[kentuck]

If the news breaks tomorrow that Trump has torn down the remainder of the White House, would it even matter? Are people really as apathetic as they seem?

[Johonny]

1. We're in the longest shutdown ever

And no one seems to care.

[The Blue Flower]

2. Congressional repubs are apathetic

The rest of us aren't. We just are trying to figure out how to use our power to stop the destruction.

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. Nope. But they will eventually.

And then we’ll have to do what we should have done long ago.

[Irish_Dem]

4. It's like invasion of the pod people. Everyone is now a zombie.

We must be immune. And the only ones still human.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Ok boomer

(That’s me agreeing with you.)

[Stacey Grove]

9. Agreed

not a Boomer.

Sometimes I think the last "human" generation was spawned in 1980, though.

Sometimes.

[Hotler]

6. A part of me thought that Biden should have remove all the art & antiques to a hidden bunker and then

destroyed the White House when leaving so the orange one couldn't have it. Gas leak.

[global1]

7. But Shutdown All Sporting Events And You Will Get A Public Outcry You Won't Believe.......nt

[AStern]

8. The Billionaire owned media is totally onboard with all of this. We care. They don't.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. What makes you think that?

And, who are "the Billionaire owned [sic] media"?

[AStern]

11. Oh gee. CBS, CNN, Fox

Did I upset you with my personal option about matters?

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Those aŕe all owned by megacorps

as is just about everything these days.

[AStern]

17. So you're telling us that the media is critical of Trump and not kissing his ass/actively supporting him?

Well alrighty then.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Give us an example or two of 'the media'

"actively supporting" The Felon.

[AStern]

22. CBS and Fox

get a load of this line of questioning from CBS's Margaret Brennan to Hakeem Jeffries aimed at bothsidesing election denial and gerrymandering

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-10-26T15:08:06.984Z

CNN chief Mark Thompson reportedly told the cable network’s reporters to ease up on coverage of the demolition of the White House’s East Wing after a visit to the White House.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 2025-10-27T11:01:51.943088Z

A few examples.

Now. Give me an example of the media NOT supporting Trump.

[Codifer]

12. Quite often

I find myself thinking what would have happened if Nixon had raped the East Wing back in the day.

The universities would have immediately empty into the streets in loud and musical protest. There would be such fervent passion and in such numbers that none could pretend not to notice.

I cannot relate to folks anymore. I don't understand.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

20. Things changed when Reagan and Newt Gingrich started using propaganda.

They made “liberal” a dirty word. Started saying “greed is good” and the “media is liberal,” media outlets bent over backwards to try to prove they weren’t biased.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. I'd imagine this rhetorical question gets asked

at least twice a year by people who seem to think we can find the remedy for the Drumpfvirus if we just stage more protests with more people and call our representatives every day -- or simply care more.

I resent the implication that I don't care. I just don't have any answers. I don't think any of us do -- not that are legal, anyway.

[Wounded Bear]

14. Those who care are not in charge, and those in charge don't care...nt

[womanofthehills]

15. I care more about the starving kids in Gaza

And soon to be starving kids in America. So many families on food stamps say they now only have one or two meals a day - and that’s on food stamps.

When you can barely get rent together and buy food …..

If I didn’t physically build my own house with my long time boyfriend, I would be screwed.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

18. I'm not surprised. People will only get angry if their tv is taken away or we start drafting for a war.

I’m 70, and I believe that people have been apathetic for a long time but it does get worse and worse as the years go by. The biggest reaction that happened recently where we got a win was with Jimmy Kimmel. In the past, the only time I’ve seen a big reaction was when they drafted young men for the Vietnam war and when Nixon got caught with all of his corruption. That only lasted for 4 years and the Reagan came along. Bush screwed up the Republicans for a short time with the Iraq war, but that only lasted 8 years. Look at the reaction when Roe was overturned. People always said that it would “kill off” the Republican Party. Trump won (or got enough votes that he could steal the election), the Republicans took over the House from the Democrats one year later, in 2023, and the Senate in 2024. They are still in power. If they get rid of Social Security for the elderly THAT would probably do it. The Republicans and Trump have a reptilian sense of how to propagandize and control people. They use a lot of psyops and social psychology. Don’t forget that Trump correctly said “I could shoot someone in 5th Avenue and my supporters would still support me.”

Until Democrats start using social psychology and propaganda like the Republicans, we will continue to be the minority party.

[Sogo]

19. I don't believe it's apathy.

It's being overwhelmed.

By life and the plethora of sh!t coming out of the WH, like someone turns on a fire hose when you're trying to get a drink.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

25. Being overwhelmed is one of the causes of apathy.

[dalton99a]

23. Mike Johnson reacting to Trump's demolition of the Capitol: "Well, it was built using asbestos! We need something new."

[uponit7771]

24. No, just doesn't affect everyone's life ... Also what do we do about it other than be mad?

People aren't willing to put their body in the way for it, but it's another reason to vote against him

[usonian]

26. Occasional occupant doesn't care.

Others care about "The People's House"

Betcha more do over time, as it sinks in.

That said, I care that we move the White House to The USS Potomac, FDR's "Floating White House" in Oakland California.












Baseball/football and basketball stadiums right nearby, UNUSED. Party all the time.

[Bluestocking]

27. I care

But I am being patient. The worse it gets the more likely more people will wake up and stop voting republican

[Timeflyer]

28. I don't think people are apathetic so much as overwhelmed, daily. What should the average person do?

In DeSantis' Florida, democrats etc. get beat all the time, but we don't stop trying to turn things around. Sometimes we need a moment to process wtf is happening. We're outnumbered, but we keep being active on local and state organizations, as well as the national authoritarian takeover.

With the Rotting Orange Blob, his bootlickers and enablers have profited enough to let him get away with whatever keeps us off balance, while they hoover up billions. It's the GOP that have the power to stop him right now, not us little old DUers who are trying to save democracy and stay hopeful.

[Autumn]

29. I think people care about what's going on. The politicians and the media don't care.

[doc03]

31. Bulldozing the WH to build a Moscow ballroom in the middle of a

government shut down could be the the last straw.

[Emile]

32. We're paying for his overseas vacation, while the

government is shutdown. I guess the uninformed public doesn't have a problem with it.

[thought crime]

33. Flooding the zone exceeds the capacity for outrage.

We're just a type of animal. We only have so much outrage available.