Your expectations are far too high. I don't see how you can hope to find happiness in this life.
I am content to pwn the libs.
If we happen to get a closed border, lower taxes, and a better economy, those are fantastic stretch goals. But my baseline for success is simply schadenfreude.
I give you shit OTP because there's a massive disconnect between your words and your actions. You say you really, really give a fuck but you're actions say you don't. If I was as passionate as you are about fixing the things you're angry about, one of two things would be true:
Either, A, I'd be holding office, or B, I'd be dead and there'd be a bloody trail behind me.
I judge your words and actions against my own standards and come to the conclusion that you're just angry and all talk.
It is dumb to dictate that you cannot care about results without running for office yourself.
I disagree. Either something is worth committing your existence to or it is not. This is why Quakers generally don't vote, and those that do inevitably become leading party activists if not candidates.
You've definitely made anger about the state of things a central part of your self identity but you've taken no action to apply your agency to that anger.
Your expectations are far too high. I don't see how you can hope to find happiness in this life.
I am content to pwn the libs.
If we happen to get a closed border, lower taxes, and a better economy, those are fantastic stretch goals. But my baseline for success is simply schadenfreude.
We certainly didn't pwn the libs much after 2016.
How owned were the libs in 2018, 2020, 2022?
The libs outperformed the polls in every single swing state Senate, House and gubernatorial election.
I don't care about being content by having low expectations.
Then why aren't you running?
I give you shit OTP because there's a massive disconnect between your words and your actions. You say you really, really give a fuck but you're actions say you don't. If I was as passionate as you are about fixing the things you're angry about, one of two things would be true:
Either, A, I'd be holding office, or B, I'd be dead and there'd be a bloody trail behind me.
I judge your words and actions against my own standards and come to the conclusion that you're just angry and all talk.
I am a single unmarried Asian American male and I certainly won't be winning any primaries with the primary electorate of my state.
It is dumb to dictate that you cannot care about results without running for office yourself.
I disagree. Either something is worth committing your existence to or it is not. This is why Quakers generally don't vote, and those that do inevitably become leading party activists if not candidates.
You've definitely made anger about the state of things a central part of your self identity but you've taken no action to apply your agency to that anger.