Elon Musk just threw up a sieg heil and the crowd cheered. I am entirely out of hope. I’m glad some people can find solace in hoping for a better tomorrow, but I am not one of those people.
Meanwhile democrats expend more energy fighting the left than they do the fascists on the right. We’re truly fucked. Can’t wait for performative kneeling.
Saaaaame, honestly. Fuck America.
The divine right of kings did not survive the invention of the printing press. Nation-states likely won’t survive the invention of the internet. I’m hopeful for that.
We will then see it in the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election, when Americans elect true leaders who care about working people and the common good.
No we won’t. We’ll get milquetoast neoliberals and a few blue dogs. And they’ll control one chamber and get fuck all done. Americans are idiots who have always voted against their best interests to entrench oligarchy.
I have no idea how someone with so much experience in politics could possibly think this is what will happen.
Is that your idea (the first thing)? It’s very interesting. I’d like to know more
The last few of Cory Doctorow’s books explore things like gift societies and, maybe not “communism” but more cooperative cultures that can result from ubiquitous interconnectedness. Walkaway is one of them.
If you are white and straight no reason to worry too much.
It’s the minorities that need to be concerned. I’m concerned as fuck for my people and especially that we are in a sanctuary city and a state that all reds hate.
So yeah I’m not hopeful but cautious.
Everybody has reason to be worried. Absolutely everybody.
Some far, far, far more than others, which is important and should not be under-emphasized.
But “straight white people will be fine”? Fuck no.
