Much like with the COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates, average working people are more likely to bear the brunt when “sacrifices” for an abstract “greater good” are demanded by governments. They are also the ones simultaneously shamed and chastised for failing to enthusiastically embrace financial hardship imposed upon them by constituencies with more economic power and privilege.
The impending sacrifices for the Ukraine/Russia conflict on behalf of the American public echo the same trends we witnessed during the pandemic, when heightened emotionalism and humanitarian catastrophe were weaponized by the establishment and liberal mainstream media to deter skepticism about the official narrative and portray detractors as selfish and potentially dangerous to national safety and interests.
We’re seeing that now as liberal elite millionaires use their platforms to lecture working Americans for not sacrificing enough. Thus, on Monday, CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert opened his monologue exhorting Americans to grin and bear higher gas prices as a moral duty to combat Putin’s actions in Ukraine. “Today, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of over $4 per gallon. Okay, that stings, but a clear conscience is worth a buck or two,” said Colbert, the highest paid late night host in television history with an annual salary of $15 million.
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