In the end, it will have been that darned, slippery, “normalcy bias” that does all us conservatives in, not the Democrat-socialists, not Antifa, not the bought-and-paid-for politicians and judges. Not even the gulags, guillotines, hangmen, or hired guns manning firing squads will be the biggest factors that ultimately kill us and our way of life.
For the last 20 years, our sense of what passes for being normal in our culture has rapidly been pushed further and further to the extreme left by educators, the media, and liberal thought leaders.
They push and we have failed to hold the line. We know it’s happening and we squawk a bit, but the changes keep coming and we choose to simply keep retreating.
Why? Well, for one, we’re nice people. But more to the point–we value too much the comfort we live in … the personal choices we have as Americans in how we entertain ourselves, what kind of food and how much we eat, and the fashionable social groups we can align ourselves with in the name of being responsible, enlightened modern citizens of the world. In this regard, it is not helpful that conservatives take pride in being reasonable, law-abiding citizens who behave like good worker bees for the good of the hive.
In psychology, there is a concept known as normalcy bias, which explains why most people underestimate the threat associated with natural disasters like hurricanes and floods, and why people are plagued by inaction during a crisis.
Recognizing that what has been happening in the United States over the last several years is an accelerating revolutionary march toward demolishing the Constitution, we must admit that what looms directly in front of us is nothing short of a man-made disaster. That conservatives have failed to put a stop to it yet is the reason the whole thing has gotten as far as it has. The ONLY excuse we have, as lame as it is, is the tendency many of us have to allow ourselves to be manipulated and controlled by the “normalcy bias” phenomenon.
Today, Americans face dangerous times ahead in terms of ever-bolder leftist movements. Yet most Americans remain adamantly comfortable in denying the existential threat we face, in spite of hard-left threats on camera and in writing about how “low-life, racist, redneck” conservatives will be made to endure re-education gulags, if they are lucky. These are not idle threats and liberal politicians are not denouncing even the most alarming threats being made to our liberties and our personal safety.
As normalcy bias prevents us from acting to protect ourselves, it is important to know how to overcome it. Being well-informed is the first step towards your goal. If you have no idea as to what you should do in the event of, say an earthquake, you are more likely to suffer from analysis paralysis, which, in turn, will delay your actions and make you vulnerable. Also, you shouldn’t take things lightly.
Many of us were raised to respect authority. If “authority” governed against us, (and it has for 40+ years or more), it was still authority and required obedience.
When ‘Superstars’ are heralded for having an Abortion so they could win a shiny Trophy, when every TV show and movie denigrates Men and lifts up homosexuality and pedophilia, when every show makes Christians look like crazy people and the Cops are turned into the Bad Guys. List goes on.
Authority used to be broadly recognized as WORTHY of respect and even obedience.
Not so much any more ….
So what are we to do? I am aware of what is going on in the world. I am aware of the atrocities & the good in this world. I have voted every year since I turned 18. I talk to others about the things that are good & bad. I pray fervently daily. Or when my heart says to slow down, listen, obey.
What is MY solution?
Thank you Patrick
2medicinewoman
Just keep doing what you are doing dear lady. You are one of the keepers.