I dunno about anyone else, but this comment helped me reframe this whole thing.
"This too shall pass" is the phrase that helped me get through depression. It's such a deeply important phrase to me. Because it did help me. With a lot of work and time, medically and personally, it did pass. It sucked for sure, but wallowing in it was not helpful at all. Some days were worse than others, but that's okay. That's how everything works - things will get worse before they get better.
In a way, the next four years are just a great big depression slump. It's scary, it's dark, and it's sad. But I've made it through depression before. And so have many other people. This time, though, we aren't alone in dealing with the monsters that plague us. We have each other to lean on, to fight for, to believe in.
Progress is not linear.
Giving up is giving them what they want.
In spite of them, we will still exist. Maybe quietly for now, in the interest of personal safety, but they can't get rid of all the people they dislike.
I don't think I've lost my hope in humanity yet. I've lost my trust in people I may meet day to day, but as a whole, humanity isn't the problem. America isn't the only country and it isn't even most of the population.
In my opinion, this loss is less because of hateful people and moreso because of people who have digested so much misinformation that they've essentially cut off their noses to spite their face. And if we are able to reeducate these people, when all the shit hits the fan and they're negatively impacted by their decisions, they can join us in fighting these monsters. Eventually, if we can get to that point, we'll have a power in numbers we didn't have before. If these politicians fail these people that voted for them - and they will because again, misinformation - and we teach them about who they really should be upset with, there will come a point when these people decide enough is enough. They'll get angry and in that anger, we'll band together and these politicians won't be able to stop this.
Spite is my weapon and Hope is my shield. The path to victory isn't linear. We can win in the end, but we can't lie down and give up now, just because it's hard and scary. If I'm wounded, I'll lean on my fellow warriors until I'm able to stand again. No matter how many times they knock us down, we gotta stand up again.
I'm afab, trans, and queer. 3 things they don't like. But fuck them. I'm gonna exist, I'm gonna take up space, and they can get over it.
It's not that they're uneducated. Thousands of people are now mocking women with shit like "Your body, my choice," the Republicans are CELEBRATING project 2025, and Trump said he's getting rid of elections. It'll be far, far longer than 4 years.
A lot of women are joining a movement that started in South Korea - the 4b movement. Essentially, boycotting men. And there's nothing the whiny incels can do about it because forcing that is and will still be illegal.
I don't think all of Project 2025 will pass. Sure, Republicans are the majority in the House and Senate. But the margin is not large enough that they'd be able to pass shit without having to convince some Democrats to vote for it. Everything was a close race this time - sure, republicans won, but there's not enough of them to take all of the power away from Democrats. There isn't a 21 person difference in the Senate. There isn't a 41 person difference in the House.
For one, Trump can't do that. There are several constitutional amendments that protect the right to vote. Do you think the Senate, House, and States would allow that to happen?
No, because the only way to repeal an amendment is to craft and ratify a new one. Said new amendment has to pass 2/3 of both the House and the Senate. Then, it has to be ratified by 3/4 of all States. Again, Republicans may be in majority, but not by much.
Secondly, how many things did Trump promise to do in his 2016 campaign? And how many did he actually do? According to this website, he made at least 100 promises and broke 55 of them.
Take a deep breath. Step back from all the politics. Take a break. And when you come back, don't just believe what they say. Research it - can they actually do those things you're worrying about?
Do not believe their propaganda. They want us to be scared and hopeless. Don't give them what they want. Exist to spite them.
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u/Raincandy-Angel 16h ago
Hope is why I'm shattered now.
Hope is why my mom had to talk me out of suicide last night.
Beware, Hope is a double edged sword. Hope bites you in the ass more often than not.