I don’t. This place is just as fucked as the rest of America; an oligarch’s dream. It’s run by corprocrats who’ve mastered the art of making progressive sounding legislation that fills the pockets of special interests. Trojan horse ballot measures that take a social science degree to see through are common, while the leadership is full of opportunistic snakes like Newsom.

It being powerful and slightly opposed to Trump does not make it good.

My personal perception of this tool:

He doesn’t want a huge war that the US might get dragged into. He’s been somewhat consistent about disliking drawn out conflicts out of pure self interest. They are usually a bad idea for presidential administrations, driven by the larger ambitions of the liberal empire. Trump cares not for the empire, only for himself.

They can’t have a panic! If people realize it’s open season on anyone the fascists don’t like, the shareholders will be displeased.

We probably should be less reliant on cars. Public transit saves lives. Similar to automobiles, LLMs are being pushed by greedy capitalists looking to make a buck. Such overuse will once again leave society worse off.

The brown shirts have the keys to the kingdom, and so there’s no easy way to get rid of them. By my count they’ve already won, and will be able to do a depressing amount of damage before anyone could hope to stop them. If you’re a vulnerable group who has the opportunity to leave and isn’t ready to die fighting, leaving is the safest bet.

Of course this country “looks more like a fascist dictatorship,” that’s the goal. That ship has sailed.

You might’ve seen shit coming, but most Americans just don’t want to accept that the world they’re used to is crumbling. It’s annoying af.

Rather than oppressive of the majority? Sounds like the superior way to organize a society tbh :/

It’s not like Palestinians have viable options. I really see no way out of this genocide for them without help of powerful external forces.

tf you talking about “democracy being the problem?” We lived in an oligarchy led by neoliberals who wanted to maintain oligarchy, and fascists who promised change. There’s a reason I called it “democracy” and not democracy.

As painful as it will be, they leave few options outside of a third party at this point. They’d need to focus on districts where they will minimize negative consequences, but there must be a willingness to bargain with mutual loss in favor of Republicans. The corprocrats are always more willing than the left to risk fascists winning, but given how much they’re going to the right recently, they’re really not much better.

Hamas is monster fed by Netanyahu while he starved all better alternatives. It’s complex, but the fundamental answer is still Zionist imperialists bad.

This should be a wakeup call for service members everywhere to plan their exit now before they end up deployed against the homeland too.

You’re right. I should’ve focused on how you assume me saying American democracy is dead means I’m giving up. It’s an annoying ass strawman that assumes harsh statements must inspire apathy.

We need to not look to the Democrats as an ally against fascism or national politics as the focus of our efforts. We don’t “give up” resistance in any sense, just refocus our strategy to avoid mistakes the left made electorally. Non electorally, joining militias if capable, volunteering mutual aid of the basic necessities is also essential.

We couldn’t have a useful discussion when you never properly understood my position in the first place. We just continue talking past each other.

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Read about resistance to the Third Reich for pointers on how the needle might be moved. It’s not a perfect comp, but it’s the mindset you’ll need. Targeting the rich is more important in our case.

Unfortunately, not being brown is a perquisite for avoiding an easy ticket to the camps. Maybe if I was white, cis, and het, but my countless intersecting identities make me public enemy number one for these guys. They could not make an easier target if they tried.

It certainly pissed people off ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Again, you’re assuming that “the end of American democracy” = “it’s all over, we should give up” I long wrestled with the basic knowledge that the climate crisis would get worse for the rest of my life, but I eventually found a way to move past it:

I’d rather be prepared for that suffering so I can appreciate the joys I get along the way even more. There will be suffering, so I need to stock up on happiness whenever I can. I need to love myself so I can be more optimistic about my future without staking it all the world’s future. I have certainty there will be some level of deeply bad shit, but that’s more comforting now than disturbing. I’ve moved past wanting the world to be good; it just isn’t, and I can work with that.

This type of radical acceptance eases the dread without making you believe you don’t need to work to make things better. This way I can see the truth AND not feel hopeless and apathetic. It’s not easy to think this way, but it is totally doable.