@paulthenerd @possibledog @Dodo_sipping
... Jacinda Ardern, in reply to a question about why New Zealand did not suffer similar levels of stark polarization as the US, said New Zealand has never allowed Rupert Murdoch a license to operate there.
That does not mean New Zealand is free of injustice.
It does point to the truth that waking the Tiger is the sole action that anyone can control. After that, attention is diverted to managing unintended consequences. Not making lives better.

@paulthenerd @possibledog @Dodo_sipping
... his ilk to poke the Tiger repeatedly. The Tiger needed to be poked. It needed a voice for suffering injustice. The voice, however, was and is not interested in justice or fairness or wellbeing of the Tiger. It's interest was and is profit. An angry Tiger draws more attention. Attention translates to dollars. Consequences of the Tiger loosed from its sleeping state brings more dollars. More dollars also bring isolation from the Tiger's bite...

@paulthenerd @possibledog @Dodo_sipping
I agree that disenfranchisement is a fundamental cause that long was given only lip service by both major parties. This "sleeping tiger" seemed, if not content, then largely unaware of its power. It began to stir when the Reagan administration poked it repeatedly by lessening the voice, opportunities, and security unions provided. The same administration inadvertently gave it a new voice by removing the Fairness Doctrine, allowing Murdoch and ...