“Act of self preservation” is right. We made noise, we protested, we voted and none of it worked. The populist won anyway cause thats how populism works. So now we just need to buckle in and...
“Act of self preservation” is right.
We made noise, we protested, we voted and none of it worked. The populist won anyway cause thats how populism works.
So now we just need to buckle in and prepare for the goods and services we depend on to no longer be available.
We’re not coming to save us. We’re tuning out. Because we’ve done such a stellar job of saving ourselves so far. Clearly, there needs to be a bit of self-assessment on the left, and now is as good...
We’re not coming to save us. We’re tuning out.
Because we’ve done such a stellar job of saving ourselves so far. Clearly, there needs to be a bit of self-assessment on the left, and now is as good a time for it as any. And taking a breather after getting the knees kicked out from under oneself seems like a sensible idea to me.
Trump made himself available as a vehicle of revenge, and it wasn’t just one side which found that destructive power useful and took him up on the offer. So why are we actively working towards such bad outcomes for ourselves and each other? Where is this animosity growing from? What is feeding it?
And what exactly is this so-called resistance supposed to be resisting this time around, anyway?
I’d much prefer anyone who opposes the direction in which this administration seems to be heading to take a moment to get their thoughts in order before they start firing off with a bunch of overly reactionary tweets and op-eds. And if the drop off of viewers, subscribers, and followers of left-wing media is anything to go by, then perhaps this is a more common opinion than not.
Also, the left is a fractured, squabbling mess at the best of times, so this little lull in in-fighting is probably not such a terrible thing.
Honestly I think an issue is the hysteria we had the first time around made people feel burnt out. There’s still some of that around, but I remember people thinking really horrific things that...
Honestly I think an issue is the hysteria we had the first time around made people feel burnt out. There’s still some of that around, but I remember people thinking really horrific things that didn’t ultimately come true. So because of that, the people that are able to remember the 2016 election, are kind of just numb to all of that.
Why waste the energy on hysterics again?
I do wonder how this is gonna affect mounting an opposition. Because that post-2016 fear and rage got Dems kicked into high gear and led to figures like Gretchen Whitmer. I wonder how the Dem landscape will look like without all that this time around.
“Act of self preservation” is right.
We made noise, we protested, we voted and none of it worked. The populist won anyway cause thats how populism works.
So now we just need to buckle in and prepare for the goods and services we depend on to no longer be available.
We’re not coming to save us. We’re tuning out.
Because we’ve done such a stellar job of saving ourselves so far. Clearly, there needs to be a bit of self-assessment on the left, and now is as good a time for it as any. And taking a breather after getting the knees kicked out from under oneself seems like a sensible idea to me.
Trump made himself available as a vehicle of revenge, and it wasn’t just one side which found that destructive power useful and took him up on the offer. So why are we actively working towards such bad outcomes for ourselves and each other? Where is this animosity growing from? What is feeding it?
And what exactly is this so-called resistance supposed to be resisting this time around, anyway?
I’d much prefer anyone who opposes the direction in which this administration seems to be heading to take a moment to get their thoughts in order before they start firing off with a bunch of overly reactionary tweets and op-eds. And if the drop off of viewers, subscribers, and followers of left-wing media is anything to go by, then perhaps this is a more common opinion than not.
Also, the left is a fractured, squabbling mess at the best of times, so this little lull in in-fighting is probably not such a terrible thing.
Honestly I think an issue is the hysteria we had the first time around made people feel burnt out. There’s still some of that around, but I remember people thinking really horrific things that didn’t ultimately come true. So because of that, the people that are able to remember the 2016 election, are kind of just numb to all of that.
Why waste the energy on hysterics again?
I do wonder how this is gonna affect mounting an opposition. Because that post-2016 fear and rage got Dems kicked into high gear and led to figures like Gretchen Whitmer. I wonder how the Dem landscape will look like without all that this time around.