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As a non American I'm burnt out. Wish something decisive would happen (hopefully something good too)
decisive thing happened last november
Trump's first term was like this for me. Every day was like watching a car crash and waiting, praying for someone to do something.
I told myself I wasn't going to do it this time, but we've gone from the slow-moving car crash of the first term to a full-on NASCAR accident happening every day. Not paying attention feels like they're winning, but there's only so much I can take
I'm running off of spite at this point.
It's the only thing that keeps me going.
Don’t forget two to four daily servings of revenge, for emotional health! Consult your emotional health pyramid for feelings details.
Do you guys ever sit there and kinda feel numb?
You know eventually things may escalate and things feel like if that happens, it'll start a very bloody and horrific result. And when that happens a lot of things will drastically change.
A beginning of horror - Just because humans do always what they do in history - especially leaders.
They've known for so long what they could have done to make things better. But they choose not to everyday. Why do a lot of them go bad? Why does this always happen? Are we all doomed to repeat a cycle until the Earth dies?
Just a cycle of greedy humans making others suffer.
I haven't slept decently since the election night. 90% of my nights is waking up in the middle of the night.
I'm just holding out until we start taking to the streets at this point.
We need a new rage against the machine album, and wu tang.
If you haven't heard Run the Jewels, they are the spiritual successor to Rage. Their latest, RTJ4, is their best and hits harder than rage. Zach de la Rocha is on a track too.
I've been burned out on the news since it went 24/7.
It's OK to feel burnt out already. Take a break from the news and doomscrolling social media if you need to.
Then come back, and focus on one thing that can help make things better. Doesn't have to be the most pressing issue. I'm not even sure what the most pressing issue is right now. But pick something and focus on that.
I have found with admittedly sometimes-annoying tools like "Resistbot" it's a bit easier to write my opinions to representatives. That matters quite a bit more if you're in a redder state than mine, but it still helps to send words of encouragement/reminders to reps that are working their asses off as a minority.
Well, fucking stop him or something. It's been 8 years, I think we showed we can hold the fuck out. Show you can dominate the media narrative, maybe.
I spent his first 4 years hyper tuned in and stressing, and I called 0 Senators, wrote 0 letters, made 0 impact. THAT is the wrong call.
Either stop paying attention or take the time to actually contribute to the political process. Call your local political party and ask what you can do.
Feels like Trump has done more in 17 days than Biden in 4 years
Turns out the party of "nothing will fundamentally change" didn't need to do anything to keep their promise. Even when they tried, Republicans masquerading as Democrats stopped them until Republicans won the house and stopped everything.
Then this chucklefuck wins and says "fuck norms, fuck the law, fuck everyone who isn't rich. I do what I want." and Republicans just nod while fox news chants about how he's "killing it." Real defenders of the Constitution, those folks...
The sad thing is that no Democrat will say fuck the norms to undo corporate fuckery, or to fix serious problems of inequality, or to slash the military budget, or to save the precious planet we live on from climate doom. They'll insist on doing things the right way but get 1% of their agenda done before the other team takes over and rolls all progress back 50 years
Dude never gets tired of collecting W's
The stunlock intensifies
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