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Assuming we have elections again that aren't rigged to keep R in power - I pray fervently that everyone Fucking Remembers this time what R does when given power. They showed us during 2017-->2020 how they wanted to behave, but we managed to stop most of it.
Anyone paying attention should have seen it then.
And then, came Jan 6. Everyone saw it. No one could have missed it.
And somehow, some fucking how we forgot. And I know we forgot because Project 2025 was in the news, and he (obviously) lied and said he knew nothing about it, and people somehow fucking believed him!
And I don't just mean, "we forgot and now there is a Republican in office and I treat politics like a team sport." I mean "we forgot and now Republicans control everything and they are working together as a nationwide team to dismantle the very fabric of our nation and government, with absolutely no concern for who they hurt, and arguably with a goal of hurting a great many people."
AND WORSE they take all this action making it plain that ZERO of the values of our nation that we were taught to revere matter to them whatsoever while claiming the entire time that they are dismantling our nation and harming people because they hold those values so sacrosanct.
It's the national despot version of 5 cops standing around beating the shit out of a black man on the ground, curled in the fetal position, while all screaming at him to stop resisting.
And not only that, there's actually a live tracker where you can watch it all go to hell in a steady march to 100% completion!
https://www.project2025.observer/
If we somehow get one more chance to fix this, I want so badly to believe that we will remember what they have shown us time and time again about what they truly value, about what a country shaped by Republicans looks like, and recognize that no matter how greatly flawed the Democrats are (and believe me, I am NOT a cheerleader for Democrats as a group), we cannot allow this to continue. We need to get R out of power as step number one, and fix D (or fracture D to get an actual opposition party) as step number two.
And we need to never forget that they have shown us who they are, time and time again, and it's terrible, and hateful.
At every election from the tiniest of local elections up to the general, we need to remember that.
I am so disgusted, so disgusted, first by what a lie everything I was taught growing up about our nation was, and secondly that so many millions want to actively make it worse for everyone, so long as it means they can own the libs, and create a nation hostile to queer folks, women, immigrants, and minorities.
I'm sorry but I have no faith in half the American people. They have a short attention span and are so uneducated that they won't think critically of the ramifications of electing another Republican in power. They have a strong desire to fulfill their own self interests and will vote for anyone who promises to lower their taxes, even if they come with some other insane goals that remove the rights of so many.
Even now you have news stories of Trump voters having their spouses deported but they won't denounce him regardless. Frankly the only reason some conservatives are angry now is because they're losing money on the stupid trade wars, the scaring off of cheap immigrant labor, and dismantling of civil institutions that indirectly help them. America's willing destruction of all its soft power abroad and violations of civil liberties at home mean nothing to them. If things somehow get back to normal, you better believe they'll come right back to the very same people responsible for all their misery they're in right now because they want to see the value of their bank account get a little higher.
I'd love to argue with you, but unfortunately I cannot.
I want to believe people are better than this, that so many Americans can learn from their mistakes. Unfortunately history has proven to us that it's not likely. Nixon's scandal should have been the death knell of the Republican party but here we are, still voting for these corrupt bastards.
You know what's uneducated?
When voters tell you exactly what they want, and for the most part, it's only two things, and you ignore both.
They wanted food prices to come down because staples were becoming cost-prohibitive, and they wanted the US to stop sending WMD's to a child genocide.
The candidate you expected them to vote for said they wouldn't change anything and that these people, who are having problems affording food and are sick of watching their friends get bombed to "just be joyful".
Your education, and that of other Democratic voters, didn't do much for their critical thinking.
I'm no fan of Democrats either. It's awful how bad both parties are kowtowing to Netanyahu and his genocidal rampage. That said, I'd rather have had a government that didn't also turn fascist, further fuck up the economy, not treat our rights like they're just rude suggestions, and further destabilize the global peace.
Sorry, I was scrolling through TikTok. What was that?
Excellent rant. One I’ve repeated many times since Reagan. It’s so obvious. Why do people not get it.