We’re all mad
Nothing? We’re furious. We just can’t do much to stop it.
Busy with day to day affairs, gotta pay rent/mortgage/medical bills, gotta feed the family, gotta keep working, can’t take risks, …
That sounds like it should make you mad
It does, but I’m busy with day to day affairs, gotta pay rent/mortgage/medical bills, gotta feed the family, gotta keep working, can’t take risks, …
People only revolt when they can no longer do those things. Literal starvation is often the cause of revolution in history. Let’s face it America is not there. Yes life is becoming a crushing grind. Yes we have statistics from policy institutes about food insecurity blah blah. But America is not fucking starving. If a few are, they do not have the strength to overpower the many others who still have something left to lose.
Real talk?
Because I’m tired. So absurdly tired. Tired of the stupid and the sensationalism and the faked anger and the real suffering and pain.
Am I mad? Yeah. But unfortunately I’m way more tired.
I’m tired too. Come on, let’s get this thing over with.
Those of us who are extremely upset about the state of our country are constantly wondering WTF is wrong with the other ones. I think a large part of it is a slow, progressive dumbing down by our growing addiction to entertainment and convenience. We’ve become a nation of 13-year-olds who think mom is a bitch for making us go to the dentist.
They are so mad that democrats weren’t a sufficiently exciting alternative to an outright fascist entente. Livid, they are.
Why are we still talking about this? I’m over it. I’m over the democrats too. I’d sit with the Palestinians at lunch time rather than the DNC any day, anyway.
I rest my case, I suppose.
I’m definitely over being emotionally invested in the consequences of their entitlement within the US. I, unfortunately, like the rest of the world, don’t get to be over the consequences elsewhere.
Visibly queer minority here! I’m probably gonna go to jail sometime in the next year for being trans in public. Until I do though, I’ve been lobbying state congress about some of the bills on the docket.
Please reach out if things get desperate. I probably can’t help but sure as shit would try.
Was reading r/conservative to see what’s on their minds regarding the events of late, and they are in there celebrating.
r/conservative is a highly curated indoctrination machine. It’s purpose is to pull in conservative leaning people and teach them party line. If your on r/conservative you’re acquiescing to the group think or you stay silent.
But that’s still an answer for you. It’s easy to fight back if we’re united, but they have a huge contingent of armed absolute morons celebrating the Nazification, rape, and pillaging of the country.
Republicans have majority control over the media. They don’t know what’s happening because their news doesn’t cover it.
Because a third of Americans are uninformed, another third is misinformed and thinks the current administration is in line with their goals, the other third is being gaslit by the other 2/3s that this is normal… And for those not buying the gaslighting, they are ignored and still too small of a group to do much.
The delusion that their party will someday fix it
I’m pissed off. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do about it. If there’s a protest near me I’ll join it. If I see somebody getting fucked with by a Nazi I’ll step in but I have responsibilities and a job and can’t really afford to travel. So until shit really kicks off I’m kind of stuck in this state where I can’t do anything.
All this is happening thousands of miles away from me behind locked doors.
Most of us want someone else to do what needs to be done because we’re too busy simply making ends meet. Sure, let me just call out of work to do some protesting, oh shit, now I can’t afford rent, or food, or my meds, or paying off my last Dr visit, etc.
And I guess the world around you could be burning and that’s like, not a big deal.
Would you like me to be homeless or in the hospital from not being able to afford my medications? You seem pretty willing to sacrifice people like me at the altar.
I’ve been homeless. I’ve been unable to have medical treatment. How many root canals have you had at the dental school?
Do I want to go back to that? No. I just don’t see another way.
I’ll wait around until it hits you but the longer we wait. Enjoy every minute from this day forward cause you’re losing on the other end.
I suppose I didn’t properly convey my situation. Being homeless, going without my medications, means I will die. Its not a “sacrifice current comfort for the future” thing for me. If things truly go as bad as you’re so sure they will, then it means I die anyway, so I’m not gonna just make it happen right away to satisfy a stranger on the internet that has a lot of opinions, but as far as I care, is doing just as much as the rest of us.
Lets be clear here, it’s the current administration that doesn’t care if you die on the streets. Plenty of homeless are out there today with no one checking in on their medical conditions.
And? Whats your point? I should just accept it and go die right now?
My point? I’m not your enemy. I don’t want you to be put out. I would support you as many others would. It’s the only way. We are not your enemy. You can trust the people fighting for you and people like you.
The fact that it’s exactly what they want.
Trump won with the popular vote: thhose want to be fascists. And those who don’t vote, well they just confirm a fascist in power.
Why do they argue so much about not being fascist then?
Their entire life they’ve been told fascism is bad, it is, they don’t want to accept that what they want makes them the bad guys, so those of us who want what’s happening are still going to deny it’s fascism.
They’re idiots then. It’s not the word ‘fascist’ that is bad. It’s the things that word means.
Agreed, but I’d say that wanting those things kinda throws them into the idiot category automatically.
Nothing. Everyone I know is very mad about it. The people who aren’t mad about it aren’t mad because they’re being lied to and told that all their racism, homophobia, xenophobia and just plain mean spiritedness is somehow normal and good.
I assure you that anyone who isn’t a monster is very unhappy about the whole situation
I dunno, I walk through my day and most people’s demeanor hasn’t changed in the slightest. The way we suppress all this is very severancesque. Like sure we have our outies memory’s but seems we don’t have their emotions.
I mean, you don’t just randomly bring up politics. You never know if the other person is a nazi that would report you for “being a communist”. Also, if you do this at work, you’d probably get fired because you get reported for “harassment” and now you’re evicted and on the streets, and starving.
I mean, if you have a pride flag or some other symbols that you wear, I might talk to you because I think you’re safe to talk to.
So, if you want to have conversations about this nazi government, wear a pride flag pin thingy (idk what those are called) or something like that, to signal you aren’t a magat.
I walk through my day and most people’s demeanor hasn’t changed in the slightest
I’m unhappy and angry at the situation. But, am I supposed to mope around all day or have depressing conversations with everyone I meet? Should I start fighting every Trump supporter in my small town?
For some reason your rhetorical question about fighting everyone reminded me of this very important quiz. Know thyself or something.
I don’t know. I just know maybe we hold back when we shouldn’t. Doesn’t that just demonstrate their control over us?
It’s hard to truly internalize this but no matter what you think about something and/or how wrong you think someone else is, we are walking through life with imperfect imaginings of what other people think and feel. Trying to make sense of people is even harder than making sense of a person. And we are quite literally incapable of truly knowing what goes on in someone else’s head.
Definitely ask these questions but don’t drive yourself crazy if people don’t make sense. The behaviors and actions we witness in others are only the emergent characteristics of a lot of brain activity that we aren’t privy to.
Maybe it’s time to be a little crazy. If “a little crazy” is not living in an autocracy.
Because most people are blissfully ignorant. They’re going about their day and if anything they’re possibly reminded that Trump is president by some news channel they pass over on their way to the newest true crime show or whatever the hell is on tictok.
Most people couldn’t be forced to care if you had a gun to their heads as evidenced by our disgusting voting numbers. “Didn’t vote” would win every election if it was a candidate.
Most people “aren’t political” which is nice if only politics didn’t affect your life so deeply. :/
I guess that’s true but who is watching the news then? Who is posting online?
Not enough people unfortunately, although I’m sure there is some overlap between those that don’t vote but still watch the news. I think we overestimate how many people are “politically engaged.”
Most people won’t talk politics unless they know the other person’s opinions already. I’ve had discussions about every day with my friends and wife, but there is no way I’m going to get into a discussion with my parents or maga coworker. I don’t have the energy to debunk every stupid thing they say when they won’t change their mind.
