Anything from hopes, fears, expectations, predictions, etc. What are your thoughts on the events that transpired today, and what do you think comes next?
I personally, was initially shocked. Not mortified, not surprised, but shocked in a human way, as a reaction to the initial footage of people getting in to the Capital building. I wasn't one of the people thinking that Trump was going to cross the rubicon any time soon.
Then I started feeling other emotions. I was pissed, for one, as this shit was being demonized super fucking quick and had immediate national guard response as opposed to the months of burning, looting, rape, murder, and carnage of the George Floyd riots. I was full of patriotism and pride, as this was Americans fighting back. It may be futile, it may be for nothing in the grand scheme of things, but I was happy to see people actually do something like this for their country and the ideas its built upon.
What happened today is something that, quite frankly, needs to happen, and needed to happen for a while now. Our government and politicians have failed to represent us for many years, it was only a matter of time before people pushed back. Politicians need a reminder of who is actually in charge of this country.
Maybe I'm being hopeful. Maybe the adrenaline of today is still kicking in my veins. But honestly, at the end of the day, I am proud that there are still people left who aren't afraid to stand up, even if there aren't enough, there are still those who care about the country I've called home my whole life.
I wasn't super surprised really. I figured there would be something more than a peaceful protest (in the real definition, not the CNN one) but not much more than to fuel the propaganda ministry. So, I'd say went about as expected.
I'm still a little torn on a path forward or if there is one. I can't put together a path to a free and complete (all 50) United States remaining. If there were a revolution now, what does it accomplish? We've put some bodies in the ground and are still left with what's left being a bunch of people with opposite views that hate each other. Honestly, I think if there were to be a successful revolution that keeps the country together, we're going to need a lot of really shitty times first. We need a ton of people to learn that their life sucks because they are actually about to starve to death, not because they can't do their dream of being a movie star or they wish their penis was a vagina. On the plus side, we've got an administration that can accomplish this shitty life. On the bad side, we're the ones that have to live through it.
My plan for the future is to fly under the radar a bit if I can, try to forecast what's coming the best I can so I can be as prepared as possible to deal with it, and as a side project keep building up to be able to resist tech censorship and retain as much access to free speech as I can.