I feel like this is something we might need to talk about.
As you all know, we cannot guarantee that Trump will be sitting in the white house a year from now, as much as that would be a good thing to happen. Some of you might argue whether or not it would actually matter and whatnot (I still see a lot of debate), but I still feel that it would at least have enough of an impact that it would give us hope. (Admittedly, one of my liberal relatives has admitted he no longer thinks it would be the end of the world if Trump wins again).
However, what is scarier is the possibility of Kamala getting in. It might not be the end of the world, but I could easily see her continuing the damage that has been done during Biden's time - and I think that we all agree that there is a good chance the country goes to World War 3 under her.
At the same time, though, we need to remember what we gathered together under. I feel like even with the utterly abysmal state of the vast majority of the video games industry (and other industries) we have managed to do some good, such as exposing Zoe Quinn and her associated cronies, spreading awareness of Sweet Baby Inc, and working against a lot of the garbage in modern AAA titles like Assassin's creed: We Wuz Samurai and Dustborn. However, there is still a lot of shit to be done, as it looks like it will be a while before DEI policies or other bad decisions lead to the death of a major company (well, maybe Ubisoft, but I feel like they could get bought out to survive).
Regardless, in any case, there are some questions that need to be asked:
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How do we survive four to eight years of Kamala, whether next year or a term following that?
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Even if Trump makes it another four years, how do we take advantage of that? I fear even if he tries his best a lot of his best policies might get blocked by house democrats or doormat republicans.
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Regardless of either of the last two questions, how can we ensure that more of the good fight is fought? Are there any more good efforts being done against DEI? Some good lists of consultancy firms like SBI might be a good start, at least.
If Trump wins it won’t really matter. If he passes strict immigration laws blue states won’t comply and the GOP is to weak willed to hold them accountable. You will have the governor of California or New Mexico meeting with Mexican officials on how orange man is bad. Leftists have shown time and time again that if they don’t win the riot, protest, complain for as long as it takes. The right will just let them be and talk about the “red wave” that never materializes. Even if Trump does win he is out after four years. The next president can just go in and instantly wave the magic pen and reverse everything. Democrats and some Republicans know this and they really only have to drag their feet for four years.
I guess that can be understood. This is why I feel that making a long term plan is important, because if it doesn't really matter at all, we need to have an idea of what to do to counter the issues that we will likely be facing.
Andrew Breitbart used to say politics is downstream of culture. We need to change the culture not just who gets elected in DC. Progressives have been working on this for a century. They infested colleges to indoctrinate the next generation. With music and movies they presented their opinions as the counter culture. They were fighting for personal choice and freedom against the stuffy conservative establishment. Each time the right just shrugged their shoulders “at least I have X”. Now progressives have taken over video games, D&D, comics, sports. All the while the prevailing conservative attitude was “wait till those whiny liberal college students get a job then they will understand.” That day never came. The progressives just took over HR departments and force everyone out guilty of wrongthink. You want a future then you need to court the next generation to view modern progressives like they made conservatives look back in the 60s & 70s.