We're all aware that our government is a mess. It's a mess we've been headed toward for decades.
Right wing propaganda blanketing the heartland since the 80's.
Citizens United establishing money as speech.
A split Congress ruled by extremist right wing factions since the beginning of the 21st century.
A Supreme Court dragged far right through political skulduggery.
Cyber interference by enemy nations.
A sizable portion of the American electorate who will ALWAYS vote for a certain party, no matter who is running under its banner.
Perhaps the ""Great Experiment" has run its course. And has proven that people do not want liberty and self-determination. Certainly not enough to put in the hard work it takes to gain and maintain those things. And absolutely certainly if it means guaranteeing other folks--folks who do, say or ARE things they don't like--the freedom to exist.
Obviously, human beings would rather tuck in under the safety of someone else making the decisions. It's so much easier to remain ignorant, complacent and uninspired. So soothing to believe lies, choose your own truth, follow the lemmings over the cliff (isn't it poignant that Nature provided a perfect example of what happens when animals blindly join a crowd hurrying toward...something?)
And, in the past two presidential elections, we were told that Our Votes Count. That Our Votes were the only things that could stop the slide of our government toward despotism, oligarchy, fascism...idol worship.
But, guess what?
They didn't.
And, apparently, they won't.
Ever.
The rising fascists have come up with the perfect formula for dealing with votes. The ones they can't sway through false promises and deception, they simply...neutralize. Just make it nigh unto impossible for people who don't embrace your party or fall for your crap to actually vote. Voila! They win!
We lose.
This power that we have been told we possess, and must hold dear, is really not a power at all.
So now that we are on the mat with the feet of the fascists on our throats, we've been told to RESIST.
This is our new (replacement?) Magic Power. RESISTANCE.
Okay.
What does that look like, exactly? Sharing anti-fascist posts on social media, declaring oneself a member of the resistance? Gathering en masse in public places and waving anti-fascist placards? Emulating the January 6 insurrectionists and inflicting violent mayhem on government buildings? What will these things get us besides ignored, erased (from social media), bullied, possibly shot or jailed, and at the very least lowering ourselves to a level of "human-ing" that we have professed to abhor?
Now...lest I venture into the land of "TLDR," (too long didn't read), I'll let this one percolate for a bit, and then post my Plan of Action.
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