The divine right of kings did not survive the invention of the printing press. Nation-states likely won’t survive the invention of the internet. I’m hopeful for that.
We will then see it in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election, when Americans elect true leaders who care about working people and the common good.
No we won’t. We’ll get milquetoast neoliberals and a few blue dogs. And they’ll control one chamber and get fuck all done. Americans are idiots who have always voted against their best interests to entrench oligarchy.
I have no idea how someone with so much experience in politics could possibly think this is what will happen.
Elon Musk just threw up a sieg heil and the crowd cheered. I am entirely out of hope. I’m glad some people can find solace in hoping for a better tomorrow, but I am not one of those people.
Meanwhile democrats expend more energy fighting the left than they do the fascists on the right. We’re truly fucked. Can’t wait for performative kneeling.
Saaaaame, honestly. Fuck America.
If you are white and straight no reason to worry too much.
It’s the minorities that need to be concerned. I’m concerned as fuck for my people and especially that we are in a sanctuary city and a state that all reds hate.
So yeah I’m not hopeful but cautious.
Everybody has reason to be worried. Absolutely everybody.
Some far, far, far more than others, which is important and should not be under-emphasized.
But “straight white people will be fine”? Fuck no.
Yup. My straight white ass had two special needs children. Almost guaranteed their safety nets will be trimmed.
Which is why I said “worry too much”. You think they’ll go for white skin folks first? That’s just naive. Trust me I’m not putting your worries behind it’s just that they have already used “invasion and war” against minorities coming in even on approved refugee status.
I might not be personally worried about being taken no but I am worried about the economy being completely fucking destroyed and being completely unable to afford food.
I’m sorry to hear that the economy is more important than human lives.
“Fuck You I got mine, but until I don’t which is close, fuck You” - soulg
Thanks man, thank you for the support.
Nazis didn’t start with minorities. Unless you’re rich, white, and a trump supporter who keeps up with the party line you’re at risk. Minorities aren’t special.
Interesting, I’m unclear on how the next pandemic won’t affect my straight white ass. Can you elaborate on that part?
Shit son, let me know when that pandemic happens. While you worry about what ifs shit is already in progress for people being separated and deported.
So yeah let know when your white ass is in actual trouble not down the fuckin road.
When we are gone you can worry about maybe the next group instead of what ifs.
Oh look we are here within 7 days.
Go ahead tell me about the next pandemic that is on your bingo card but yet not here. Go on.
Again once we are gone and maybe you are next in line, we won’t be here to help you as a solidarity class.
Well I have no faith in America.
I grew up in Texas under Clinton, Bush, Obama, and then Trump. Our leaders are feckless at best and monsters at worst. I’m so ashamed of my fellow Americans by allowing a political spectrum that is scoped and framed to never address looming tangible existential issues to be the only one ever considered, but also the incessant slop media produces to placate the lowest common denominator amongst the population. I’m so frustrated being surrounded by simpletons, lorded over by rich morons, and being economically stunted because I’m descended from idiot junkies.
Culturally the Americas has been rotten long before the slave owning richest man in the country turned warlord so a new set of elites could replace the British nobility.
Edit: Correction, Washington wasn’t the richest man in the Americas at the time. Just tremendously wealthy by the standards of the time. My apologies about the inaccuracy.
the slave owning richest man in the country turned warlord
Washington? He was rich but he wasn’t the richest man in America either before or after the revolution.
Ahhh hell you’re right I’ll go make a correction. I like Aztec history way more than U.S.A. history so I’m not surprised I’ve been mistaken about this for decades.
I like Aztec history way more than U.S.A. history
I’m not sure that I would want you in charge :)
Aztec human sacrifice and the brutal capital punishment implemented by European countries were both for the same thing: To maintain social order.
Except the Aztecs sacrificed a lot fewer people to their gods than the Europeans sacrificed to their god of “justice.”
Hey you! Piss off with that fact checking . We’re having an America bad always and forever circle-jerk in here.
This flagrancy makes me hopeful. Why? Because Americans don’t abide aristocracy. We were founded in revolt against unaccountable power and wealth. We will not tolerate this barefaced takeover.
This sentiment brought to you by literally nothing.
Americans will believe what the media wants them to believe, and virtually all of it is now right-wing nonsense. They aristocracy will entrench their power by ensuring that Americans are distracted and do not vote in this own self-interest, and modern technologies make that system more sophisticated than ever.
That’s not to say that the situation is stable - it’s not. America is a country in decline. Due to existing institutions, and a huge amount of wealth, things will move on momentum alone for a while. But the trend is downhill now.
I am hopeful that Trump will find that the filibuster is stopping him from doing the things he wants to do and will move to get rid of it. Hopefully right before the midterms. Then I hope democrats get the trifecta back and actually uses it for good - since republicans benefit from a non-working government the filibuster is win-win for them. The only way the left wins is if the filibuster falls and we are in control.
Resistance requires hope. I appreciate people being willing to imagine how things could get better from this point. If you aren’t willing to allow yourself to even imagine victory, you’ve already lost.
Yes, I am aware we lost.
