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“While floor statements from today's [congressional] representatives are typically delivered to empty galleries and published into unread oblivion, legislative debates in the Reconstruction era were widely disseminated and closely observed.”

Reconstruction 2015 Informed Citizen Political Apathy C Span Legislative Debates

Book:The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the End of Reconstruction

Source: The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the End of Reconstruction

“Carl Schmitt could boast with some justice that the Nazi revolution was orderly and disciplined. But the reason lies not so much within the Nazis themselves as in the lack of an effective opposition. For millions the Nazi ideology did assuage their anxiety, did end their alienation, and did give hope for a better future. Other millions watched passively, not deeply committed to resistance. "Let them have a chance" was a typical attitude. Hitler took the chance and made the most of it.”

Hope Future Election Conformity Alienation Nazism Hitler Popular Opinion Political Apathy

Book:Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural and Social Life in the Third Reich

Source: Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural and Social Life in the Third Reich

“Politicians would be well advised not to hold their breath for youth to engage in politics any time soon. Today’s youth are the first generation to have realized for real change to occur, it must happen on an individual level rather than at an administrative level.”

Politics Youth Political Apathy

Book:The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy

Source: The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy

“Who gave a fuck, Kathy thought, no one liked Putin, likeability was irrelevant, what mattered was whether you could make people numb enough to change all the laws, change the entire system, that was the game. Once you pardoned a corrupt sheriff who'd openly run 'concentration camps' for Latinos you were probably well on the way. Numbness mattered, it was what the Nazis did, made people feel like things were moving too fast to stop and though unpleasant and eventually terrifying and appalling, were probably impossible to do anything about.”

Politics Ignorance Numbness Political Apathy

Book:Crudo

Source: Crudo