sub·ser·vi·ence
/səbˈsərvēəns/ noun
willingness to obey others unquestioningly.
the condition of being less important than something else.
Given the decisions our high court has been making the past few days, and the decisions they are soon to weigh in on, it's very difficult to feel optimistic for much of anything. The ironic naming of this episode is in no way intended to be disrespectful to the good people that are serving the country.
A subservient person functions in a useful manner, yet, they are lesser. Does this go both ways? The usefulness of the fringe Conservative, in believing everything that is told to them, or the Democratic voter, who prefers civility over assertive and composed discourse. We are all the reason we are here right now. Some to a much greater extent, responsible for much more of the mess, but we're here all the same. SCOTUS preserves pollution, embraces Christianity in school, and looks to rule on handing more election power to the states, rather than the people that live in them.