The really frustrating thing is nobody seems to want to do anything about it.
Like so many things in America, education is very unequal. We have world class schools, and we have very poor and inadequate schools. The people who live in the areas with the very good schools think the people who live in the areas with the very poor schools should pull themselves up by their bootstraps and fix their own damn schools, and if they don’t, well, that’s a them problem not a me problem. Unfortunately, it actually is a you problem, because, turns out, all of us are likely to be negatively affected if large numbers of Americans are fucking morons.
Dude, I have a small business to run, it’s my first season, and I’m swamped. And I had to quit my decent job and start this company because I was so burned out working with trumpers. Most of us are just trying to get by right now. Now that I finally actually have the freedom to participate in resistance, I can’t afford to miss a days work anyway because my budget for necessities is so damn tight. Like don’t have health insurance running a landscaping business tight. So it’s kinda frustrating to hear people calling for others to go first. I don’t have it in me, as badly as I would like to, by design of our culture. If you do, and can do the initial heavy lift of organizing and planning, I’ll be your footman 100%. But if you aren’t out there organizing and planning, don’t pass that blame on to others who’s situation might not be compatible with resistance at the moment.
Half the country wants this, and some of those are disappointed in trump, but not for what you would think. They’re disappointed he didn’t actually build the wall, they’re disappointed he didn’t nuke iran yet, they’re disappointed some of the people picked up by ice were able to sue and get released.
This is a democracy and the majority wants fascism, there’s nothing to fight unless you want to fight the average american who is disappointed with trump for the first time ever because of gas prices.
This is a democracy and the majority wants fascism, there’s nothing to fight unless you want to fight the average american
I think this is the important takeaway here. You may think “obviously, the majority of people want the same things I want”, but you’d be wrong. At this moment in time, fascism is in fact popular in the US. Personally, I’m incredibly disappointed in the American public, but I have to accept that this is the reality.
I am not white, so I have to come to the conclusion that I am not actually welcome here (and more importantly, may not be safe here). But given this state of affairs, I think for all of us the question to ask right now is “what’s next”, for me, my family and for my community? I have a few friends who have moved to another country. That’s a legit option, but it sucks leaving friends and family behind, it sucks to start fresh somewhere new. Without leaving, what other options do we have? Succession? Civil war? Passing legislation that erodes federal powers completely? Truthfully, I don’t know. I do know that civil war isn’t pretty.
The really frustrating thing is nobody seems to want to do anything about it.
Like so many things in America, education is very unequal. We have world class schools, and we have very poor and inadequate schools. The people who live in the areas with the very good schools think the people who live in the areas with the very poor schools should pull themselves up by their bootstraps and fix their own damn schools, and if they don’t, well, that’s a them problem not a me problem. Unfortunately, it actually is a you problem, because, turns out, all of us are likely to be negatively affected if large numbers of Americans are fucking morons.
Dude, I have a small business to run, it’s my first season, and I’m swamped. And I had to quit my decent job and start this company because I was so burned out working with trumpers. Most of us are just trying to get by right now. Now that I finally actually have the freedom to participate in resistance, I can’t afford to miss a days work anyway because my budget for necessities is so damn tight. Like don’t have health insurance running a landscaping business tight. So it’s kinda frustrating to hear people calling for others to go first. I don’t have it in me, as badly as I would like to, by design of our culture. If you do, and can do the initial heavy lift of organizing and planning, I’ll be your footman 100%. But if you aren’t out there organizing and planning, don’t pass that blame on to others who’s situation might not be compatible with resistance at the moment.
That’s not necessarily what I’m calling for. I want us all to go together. But we can’t all go for a solution until we all agree on the problem.
Half the country wants this, and some of those are disappointed in trump, but not for what you would think. They’re disappointed he didn’t actually build the wall, they’re disappointed he didn’t nuke iran yet, they’re disappointed some of the people picked up by ice were able to sue and get released.
This is a democracy and the majority wants fascism, there’s nothing to fight unless you want to fight the average american who is disappointed with trump for the first time ever because of gas prices.
I think this is the important takeaway here. You may think “obviously, the majority of people want the same things I want”, but you’d be wrong. At this moment in time, fascism is in fact popular in the US. Personally, I’m incredibly disappointed in the American public, but I have to accept that this is the reality.
I am not white, so I have to come to the conclusion that I am not actually welcome here (and more importantly, may not be safe here). But given this state of affairs, I think for all of us the question to ask right now is “what’s next”, for me, my family and for my community? I have a few friends who have moved to another country. That’s a legit option, but it sucks leaving friends and family behind, it sucks to start fresh somewhere new. Without leaving, what other options do we have? Succession? Civil war? Passing legislation that erodes federal powers completely? Truthfully, I don’t know. I do know that civil war isn’t pretty.