I hate what the Trump era has done to me as a person. These people are so disgusting you find yourself entertaining ideas you never would have before and I don’t like it.
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When you have no faith at all in the other side to respect any democratic norms or the structure of government or like… anything… and you see the structure of government being gutted, it’s hard for some part of you not to say “we should have just rigged 2016 and 2024.”
entire generations of struggling and insisting on the idea that yes, really, everyone deserves to participate in a democratic process to choose their own leaders, and then 2004/2016/2024 happens and you start wondering if maybe The Founders were just excluding the wrong people from the process
I think a corollary to this is that it is unavoidable, IMO, to conclude especially after 2016 that Europe writ large fucked up by not running their own election interference on behalf of Dems
Give yourself a break. The system of checks and balances designed to prevent such greedy, hateful people taking power has failed. Impeachment? Those GOP senators you were counting on just approved RFK jr. Trump and Musk deserve every negative wish. They threaten millions with their actions.
I think the worst part of the Trump era for me has been finding out how many ppl really do not care about anyone but themselves. And how much they were looking for an excuse to not have to pretend they cared about others anymore.
It sucks! Even in responding to their cruelty you end up becoming a bit crueler yourself. I intellectually know even very flawed people have human value in their daily lives and to others but very hard not to reflexively want to write off everyone responsible for this wreck
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