I suppose the Georgia runoffs should be a future focus, but really… You have at least two more years of this administration, and of, uhh, obvious mental decline all round…
Electoral “democracy” clearly ain’t working (I’m not sure why anyone thought it would), and I imagine at least some… Subsets of “globohomo” are going to be rather emboldened by this result, so…
What plan now? Do you feel that there is anything you can do to change the current direction of your country and/or states, pre-2024, or is it essentially a case of “strap in for the ride”..??
I’m essentially merely an external observer, here. I don’t really have any skin in this game, lol…
Drink until we can't feel feelings then crawl into bed?
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Actually unironically this.
Healthy? Of course not. But also yes.
Honestly, I don't recommend it. I have been drinking too much over the past couple of years, and despite the momentary relief, overall I'd say it's made me feel worse.
I've recently cut back quite a bit and am now trying to use my meager amount of motivation to make small improvements in myself and my surroundings, which I think will be better for my well being in the long run, regardless of our collapsing civilization.
And if worse comes to worst, I can always drink heavily again. Or go live in the park and do fentanyl.
Oh I totally agree. 100%. I don’t recommend it either (especially if you’re trying to sleep). I was just attempting to “make light” of it, somewhat…
I’ve done similar to you, but unfortunately my body seems to be… Failing, anyway, no matter what I try (if you’ve heard about Christina Applegate, it’s what she has, only somewhat less advanced, among other issues). Which tends to crush my motivation even more, lol.
But anyway, I get it, and I agree. I just wish the rest of my body was as “resilient” as my liver, lol…
Well, that sucks. Take care of yourself.
I'm not an optimist, but there's a quote from Winston Churchill that I always find motivating: "When you're going through hell, keep going."
This. Anyone who expected voting to save them is disappointed. The rest of us saw the writing on the wall a long time ago.
Democracy is the problem, not the solution.
Mostly because there is no democracy. People don't want rampant inflation, grooming of kids, endless wars, but the elites do, so the people have to suck it up.
I think this might be good. I was worrying yesterday that a massive GOP victory (which is what I expected) would lead them to overreach on issues like abortion and then completely blow it for 2024.
They will either keep inflation in the economy, or they will have to create a recession to wring it out. There is no third possibility. Either way, people will be fed up in 2024, having given Biden more of a chance than most presidents and him having completely blown it. Biden will be even more senile than he is today, and even if he dies in office, they will not be able to skip over phony Kamala. Trump will win (except if there is low inflation and a good economy in 2024, which I don't expect).
We're all subjects of the GAE, except that we don't even have the pro forma and meaningless 'right to vote' that American
subjectscitizens have.What in the actual clown world hell are you on that you seriously thought the American right would actually win this election after the debacle two years ago? Like every single sign pointed to continued rampant cheating.
Civil war. That's the only way things will change at this point. We're staring down the barrel of one party rule for the foreseeable future because the Dem fraud machine has control of enough states/districts to ensure the Republicans never win power again. There's no peaceful way out.
Slowly chisel away at my wife's attachment to this country and hope that we can move out of the west before we hit real fall of Rome hours. Unfortunately at this rate it seems like we have maybe ten years before that happens, so a better use of my time might be to become proficient using a sack of doorknobs for self defense and learn how to enjoy the taste of human flesh.
If I have extra time, I can learn Chinese to lessen the odds of the CCP simply killing me and my family when they come in to rebuild from the ashes of what used to be America. Anyone know which dialect - Mandarin or Cantonese - would give me the best shot at becoming an indentured servant in West China?
Leasing your wife to the CCP minders, like in Xinjiang will get you far.
That's completely fine by me.
The elections are working just fine to continue de-legitimizing the system, collapsing faith in the institutions, and provoking further and further blowback.
I was actually really concerned that a true Red Tsunami would force the Dems to adjust and actually pose a real threat of defeating Trump in 2024 by doing a 180 on Social Justice. But now I know it can't happen.
It's the same reason why as bad as things are in the UK, the death of the Conservative party is going to be a great thing that will save the country. A lot of people don't get it, and I apologize for being blunt Bamboozler, but as an Aussie you might only be looking at this from an Authoritarian lens, while a Libertarian perspective shows you the good at play.
It is true that chaos is an emergent property of order. It is also true that order is an emergent property of chaos. The American system looks insane because it is designed to promote political chaos in the government. That's whole point. Orderliness in governance is bad because it promotes tyranny. The longer you hold to chaos, the stronger the force for order becomes. The opposite is also true.
It is within the chaos, and only within the chaos that new order can emerge. New order can not naturally replace old order without subversion. But when the order becomes to strict, it promotes chaos, and the longer the chaos remains, the more likely the new order exists to displace it.
The chaos is teaching people how to fight politically. How to build social systems. How to build financial systems. How to develop not only new systems but new people. How to engage in civil disobedience. How to consolidate power. All to entire populations of people who never even considered it once in their lives until they said, "Fuck... I have to do something about this."
As with deflation and bank failures: good. Let the collapse happen. The people will naturally re-bound. Those on the far end of the risk curve will be burned. Those who trusted the system will be forced to feel the consequence. The perennial gale of creative destruction will not be denied.
That destruction part is what scares the shit out of traditionalists, conservatives, and authoritarians. As your resident American Liberal Revolutionary, it's a good thing. Count on it.
This is why containment is a deadly threat to Leftism. If it is contained, people can and will experience an alternative, and the lessons will be slowly learned. The Leftist hive cities will depopulate. Their money will be destroyed. They will be demoralized. And everyone else will be in the opposite position.
Sounds like tea leaf prognostication.