"The crux of the issue may be a failure of imagination. I get it. It's hard for them to conceive of a world where those rights and freedoms are curtailed or lost because they've never witnessed such an erosion firsthand." You're exactly right. I see parallels with the anti-vax movement here. People under about 70 have likely never seen a case of measles or polio, so they don't understand--in fact, can't really imagine--the danger. People under about 90 have no living memory of WW2, the last time this nation truly feared for democracy. And I know this will make some people angry, but I also see parallels with the loss of reproductive rights. People under about 60 have no memory of life before Roe, and too many of them couldn't believe a right they'd taken for granted all their lives would be lost. Yet here we are. We can't ever take our freedom or safety for granted.
The scary part is (and history bears this out) by the time people figure out they are in danger, it is too late. The levers of power are controlled by a frightful minority.
"The crux of the issue may be a failure of imagination. I get it. It's hard for them to conceive of a world where those rights and freedoms are curtailed or lost because they've never witnessed such an erosion firsthand." You're exactly right. I see parallels with the anti-vax movement here. People under about 70 have likely never seen a case of measles or polio, so they don't understand--in fact, can't really imagine--the danger. People under about 90 have no living memory of WW2, the last time this nation truly feared for democracy. And I know this will make some people angry, but I also see parallels with the loss of reproductive rights. People under about 60 have no memory of life before Roe, and too many of them couldn't believe a right they'd taken for granted all their lives would be lost. Yet here we are. We can't ever take our freedom or safety for granted.
The scary part is (and history bears this out) by the time people figure out they are in danger, it is too late. The levers of power are controlled by a frightful minority.