Het volk went aan alles!

De maatschappij ontwikkelt zich en verandert in een enorm tempo.

Omdat we daar middenin zitten, hebben we dat niet zo in de gaten en bovendien is de meerderheid al vlug geneigd om al die nieuwe toestanden als “normaal” te aanvaarden.

Zo zullen bvb de politici het volk ook in een nieuwe EU-situatie storten en vier maanden later heeft bijna iedereen weer het gevoel dat het altijd zo geweest is.
En politici maken daar graag gebruik van.

Ik kreeg van mijn nicht uit California een aardige vergelijking van de toestanden in 1956 en in 2006.
Om het origineel in zijn waarde te laten, laat ik het deze keer onvertaald volgen.
Misschien hebben lezers nog aanvullingen en andere voorbeelden?

50 Years
See what 50 years will do:

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.
1956 – Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack’s rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.
2006 – School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.
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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1956 – Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
2006 – Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
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Scenario: Jason won’t be still in class, disrupts other students.
1956 – Jason sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.
2006 – Jason given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jason has a disability.
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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping.
1956 – Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2006 – Billy’s Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy’s sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy’s mom has affair with psychologist.
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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.
1956 – Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2006 – Po lice called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1956 : Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2006 : Pedro’s cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can’t speak English.
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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed
1956 – Ants die.
2006 – BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny’s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.