Shit sucks and is awful and I’m not about to tell anyone not to despair but I am feeling a weird sense of hope, simply for the fact that we all know the world is broken and now we can maybe put it back together in a better way for all people
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There is hope in that republicans are blindingly incopetent. doge fires people and a couple of days later realizes that these people actually did something ather useful and scrambles to rehire them. Plus, the policies being pushed are beginning to hurt and people are getting pissed.
I've seen hundreds of people saying some version of this sentiment in the last few weeks. The notion of "prefiguration", of building the new world in the shell of the old, has been a central tenet of anarchist philosophy for 150 years. I'm so stoked to see people getting into it.
I have moments when I believe this is true. Of course I keep forgetting and slide into despair againbut the notion reappears a bit stronger the next time round. I’m hitching my wagon to it.
This is going to force people to fight, unite, and rethink priorities. It’s a shitty situation, but together we survive and learn what exactly that means.
We have a long way to go, but I hope an actual populist boom is coming, that the midterms will be a bloodbath, and a lot of the Dems sitting on their hands are gonna get the shit primaried out of them. That’s my optimistic take.
during trump #1, we all saw how ugly the D. Chauvin case was and how awful the police can be, and it was starkly highlighted by not having anyone in charge trying to smooth it over like a magic wand to make it go away. We saw some stuff really clearly.
We're working on it in various ways, protesting with 50501, going to town halls, calling representatives, and preparing for boycotts and a general strike. The more of us that see it's broken and stand up the sooner we can start fixing things.
One source of hope is Trump and his crew are so stupid & are making a new enemies every day.
A PhD candidate I knew interviewed many key players in the Nixon administration for his dissertation. He found out that many of them were actually terrified of all the protests.
It's going to get so much worse before it gets better, but on balance, I think I agree with you. I've been feeling better lately. This is a huge, diverse country that is accustomed to a certain standard of living. What Musk/Trump want to do is not going to be easy, even with the power they have.
As a Canadian, I was honestly relieved to see the tariffs come back, after his stupid "30 day hold" thing. Our Prime Minister just gave the speech of his career. The Ontario Premier cut ties with Musk and banned American booze. Our country feels shockingly unified. Ditto Europe.
I don't WANT tariffs, or trade war with our allies, and I'm so heartbroken over what he's done to our relationship with CA in particular. However... if the tariffs are what is necessary to give Americans the electric shock they need to wake up, then I hope they do the job. FAST.
I wish. When we say that maga is a cult, we aren't exaggerating. Maga are still convinced he's the best thing since sliced bread, no matter how blatantly he lies, no matter how bad his policies are. It's exhausting.
Oh I believe you. I've lost many family members to the cult. At the same time, I won't discount that there are many who voted for him largely because of the disinformation campaigns perpetrated by Musk, Putin, China, etc. MAGA will never wake up. But some Americans have a chance.
I do kind of feel similar; like we are starting to see the duck's feet paddling, and all along we've just assumed there were no feet down there at all.
Thanks for this post: the key phrase for me is, "now we can maybe put it back together in a better way for all people." Absolutely. Focus on the vision. Put our energies into building a new world. This is our opportunity.
one piece I read after the election basically said the good news is that we all know our system is broken & unsustainable. and since he’s only good at breaking things, we have to be ready to rebuild something that works.
Oddish, this raises further questions. If the 2030s are going to be electric, and you're saying electric is a good thing, but you're resistant to electric, then you're gonna have a pretty shitty decade! 😋 kidding, they're going to be great.
Let's not get too ahead of ourselves, if history has shown us over n over n over again, this is just the beginning, we're still looking at approaching wars, genocides and holocausts. Fingers being crossed, hope and belly rubs ain't gonna cut the mustard.
I was there the last couple of weeks. After last night, however, I feel hopeless and terrified about the future, and haven't been able to stop intermittently crying all day.
I read something about this, how we think we "fix" things, but we don't really. We put things back together, and it falls apart. And that's ok. Or, it's how it is, so it better be ok.
Nothing stays fixed. I think we can deal with that.
"We just need to ... and then we're golden" is NOT credible.
Yep and no more half measures lobbyist democrats! we voted years ago for change and we got lazy old white man and no changes that opened the door for these criminals let them burn it down we will build back to what America was meant to be
you know, i had to do that with my personality not too long ago. i'm better for it now. it helps to spread out all the pieces to look at them at the same time and give each one a new perspective.
Kinda feel the same way. You weren’t going to really fix America while it limped along. Maybe breaking it will be for the best. Or maybe we’ll all die.
No. It fails because the people stand up and bury it. Sometimes the tree of liberty is so atrophied that it requires the blood of patriots too. The question is how withered is our tree.
since fascism is literally naked capitalism without the democracy, it's unsustainable. it literally cannot function. impoverishing the working class means there is no one to buy things in markets. to prevent collapsing economy, the capitalist ruling class reverts to democratic norms and fascism dies
Lol came to comment on how fun that typo could be in the right situation lol. Like who could really say it and how that conversation would go in a sane world 😆
Me too! It just takes for all of us to stand up together. Not just the American people but the judges, employees, rape victims, and republicans Trump has threatened. There is power in numbers and together we can crush a coward.
I've been having this weird spark of hope ever since I did a little napkin math and discovered that the price of an egg here is now higher than the price of 750ml of gasoline, and thought about those implications with regard to people egging cybertrucks.
I'm all for it. It'd be a much better way to truly appreciate the art and craftsmanship than just have them sit in rich assholes' houses collecting dust.
I wish I shared your optimism, but Trump, Musk and the Rs are clearly on a mission to destroy democracy. Tanking the economy is in the strategy. Billionaires don't care b/c it doesn't affect them. They intend install an authoritarian, single party state. Think Hungary. Elections? LOL.
Reconstruction Era suggests the US is hard wired to fail in this regard and the Panama Papers suggest there is an unlimited amount of dark money aligned against such efforts...
I feel actually the most hope Ive felt for a while.
I think after today’s leak that there is a plan to fire nearly 75,000+ vet workers, that that’s gonna really hit home with ALL parties.
Don’t touch our veterans.
I think we ALL disagree with this.
We might all ban together now 🙏
sorry I don't agree he's absolutely horrible but they keep coming back for more.
Promised to bring back the coal jobs to Kentucky of course it didn't happen he got a higher percentage this time around than before!
Not everybody keeps coming back for more. The polls I’ve read showing unanimously that his popularity has gone down. I do think with the veterans cut it’s going to seal that and it’s not gonna get better for him. One thing about Republicans and Maga, they claim vets should be protected.
Vets (or Medicare/ss) might be the trigger, but what won't happen is any large percentage of MAGA saying "I was an idiot for supporting that guy"
They'll never admit to it.
That idea sometimes helps me too. This terrible time is (in addition to causing lots of suffering that I would not wish on anyone) highlighting opportunities to learn how to make it better. If we pay attention.
I’m bolstered by the fact that other countries are calling us out, standing up to Trump’s shit, & beginning to unite with intentions of working around/countering us.
I’d be far more freaked out if there wasn’t global resistance forming amongst our allies.
Every horrible and ridiculous thing that he does doesn't compare to the number of people who still spout the propaganda in support of it. Until that number goes down, it's just going to keep getting worse. It won't last forever, but I'm afraid it isn't ending anytime soon.
Girl pick it right up cuz you're sending right. We're moving. Wed Mar 12 national labor blackout. Don't go to work. Tell your emoyer you are protesting project 2025 and cuts to job safety, security and protections. They'll get it.
Just had this conversation today with someone despairing that rebuilding all that’s lost will be impossible. I suggested that we won’t waste time rebuilding what we’ve lost. We will build something new.
The only thing “good” about bad times is that they bring people and communities together. People stop infighting finally in order to face the outside threat.
My nephew got married this last weekend. He and his new bride wrote their wedding vows and neither shared them with each other. Both of them said that even though the world was going crazy that the other gave them hope for a future. I ugly cried 😭Hope is a mainstay, we will hang on to it forever 🦋
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A PhD candidate I knew interviewed many key players in the Nixon administration for his dissertation. He found out that many of them were actually terrified of all the protests.
Let's do that again.
This is the rapist's first post after he accidently exposed his alignment with Putin.
His #MAGAt army and the media all jumped to fulfill this request.
It's all been a diversion to hide his act of treason
Just sayin'
Nothing stays fixed. I think we can deal with that.
"We just need to ... and then we're golden" is NOT credible.
Thanks.
I cannot accept that.
I think of it this way. The people who break things are not the same people who build things.
The latter is a skillset, and the former is the lack thereof.
if it gets better
The calm before the storm!
I think after today’s leak that there is a plan to fire nearly 75,000+ vet workers, that that’s gonna really hit home with ALL parties.
Don’t touch our veterans.
I think we ALL disagree with this.
We might all ban together now 🙏
Promised to bring back the coal jobs to Kentucky of course it didn't happen he got a higher percentage this time around than before!
They'll never admit to it.
If you already are, I’m sorry.
#EndFascists #EndOligarchs #EndNeoliberals
I hope
I’d be far more freaked out if there wasn’t global resistance forming amongst our allies.
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