I was different about this the first time around; too raw, too new. Now I know just how bad that energy is for people who need protection and encouragement the most, so my doomerism policy remains, and I am committed to tempering all my political posts with hope. Because when did we need hope? When Obama won? A lil’. When do we need it much more? Times like this.
And so, my main points about why we are not all gunna die:
The majority of conservatives are not monsters. That’s all it takes to prevent the worst things people fear from coming to pass. To get the death camps and the red dresses and bonnets, you need more than just the levers of power: you need people to enforce them, and outside of the most twisted fucks in the world, who is going to want to enforce all these laws Pisstake 2025 is trying to enact? People who voted for fascism this time around were, by and large, not voting for fascism. They were voting for illusions that were sold to them by billionaires who have basically bought the entire fishbowl they swim in. Reversing inflation, saving freedom, pure nonsense. They were not voting for death camps, and they will not man those trains.
Having all the power means they get everything they want – legislatively. But. Every monstrous thing they favor is a nail in the coffin of their power, the inspiration for the fucking fools that voted them to work against them the next time around. Now, will they prevent any future elections from happening? Part of the reason this was possible was because of four years of concentrated voter disenfranchisement and suppression. OK, but you don’t need an election to get your ass fought.
We have fighters. A lot, a lot of fighters. People who every day are doing their best for women’s rights, trans rights, black lives, native americans, immigrants, etc etc. They will do what they can until the end of the line. No matter what oppressed group you are in, you have allies, including some people for whom your particular cause is their entire reason for being. Long live the fighters!
State’s rights, lol. But seriously, blue states are the economic fulcrum of the country. They can make it hurt to do evil, and they are likely to do so. Anybody thinking shitbird’s sentencing is going to go as scheduled is bound to be disappointed; don’t go for false hope when you have a lot of other things you can hope for.
As much as I despise accelerationists, they are sometimes, in a nasty way, right. Things have to get worse before they can get better. That is gonna be terrible for some people, which is why that’s an evil philosophy to hold. But it can be effective. More people are against Israel than before Hamas’s big terrorist funtime, and when Americans have to live under the kinda laws these guys are going to pass, they are going to rebel against that in a way that the fascists are not going to weather. They are going to fucking lose, some time, mark my fucking words.
It’s just a question of time, of doing your best to be alive so you can smile as they fucking burn, burn, burn. And to temper that anger too, because living with constant anger ruins people. Live for what’s good in your lives. It’s still there. It is still there, and you are too.
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Joe K says
I want to add to Satan’s post, that like money, the government is kind of fake, lol. You go out on a mountain or forest or even in your backyard and there is no one to get you or touch you or do anything to you. No gods no masters. Don’t give people power over you that they don’t have. They will rattle their sabers and try to scare you, don’t let ’em do it. Keep fighting.
Joe K says
Oh, also, look back at your favorite blog or youtube channel that existed from 2016 to say, 2019 and notice that whatever troubles there were, people still joked about stupid movies and had a good time despite anything else. This stuff will not rule over your life. ~2016 conservatives and gamergaters and the like were just so absolutely horny for evil and we got through it. It’s been a long eight years and they are weak and tired and shitting their pants publicly. Just keep that in mind lol
Dennis K says
Thanks for staying up late to write this. It helps.
I thought I was ready, but I just wasn’t. Told myself I wouldn’t look, it can’t be that bad. We’re a smart species, right? Okay, just a quick glance before retiring to sleep.
Oops. Big mistake. No, we ain’t so smart.
Just feels like floundering. In my own home.
mathman85 says
I hope you’re right. Solidarity.
Great American Satan says
for most of us, i am definitely right. there will be some amount of people who suffer and die for this stuff – they already are, see mano’s article about the abortion issue – but just like covid didn’t kill every shithead in red, conservative legislation won’t kill all us sad folks in blue. the vast majority of us will live on, have good times with the bad. it’s 100% sure and true.