I cannot afford to leave the country and don’t really want to do that much work anyway. Fortunately I am a white man and my wife is beyond reproduction. Until they screw up Social Security (which I actually consider a low likelihood), it is unlikely that anything will practical will happen to us.
Until this year, I have worked in just about every election in my adult life. I have protested, donated and worked. It didn’t work. Sometimes you just have to accept reality. I don’t matter.
If there was any chance of improvement, I might try to exert myself. Problem is, there isn’t. 73 million people voted for him. There’s no way to be rid of them and, with Congress and the Supreme Court in his thrall, his agenda will be cemented for much longer than I will live. Anything short of violent revolution is a waste of time and, unfortunately, so is that. The American people have spoken. We have no right to change their decision and no meaningful ability to do so.
I have deleted all of my news and current events bookmarks. I plan to set my Bluesky account to suppress all mention of politics and public events. I plan to get new hobbies to replace my obsession with politics and current events. I might still vote but, it will be the simple ‘vote against the other side’ strategy of the willfully ignorant.
Is my attitude, “Fuck the country. Fuck the immigrants. Fuck the young women. Fuck the gender fluid, the environment and everything else.” Well, pretty much. I worked long and hard to help them out. Trump won because they didn’t turn out. They have made clear that they are not willing to take responsibility.
I feel sorry for the minority that does care and did show up, but I am done. I have learned that my efforts are wasted. The people and things I want to protect do not care about protecting themselves. The forces of evil have won so decisively that resisting is a waste on any timescale I care about.
Until this year, I have worked in just about every election in my adult life. I have protested, donated and worked. It didn’t work. Sometimes you just have to accept reality. I don’t matter.
If there was any chance of improvement, I might try to exert myself. Problem is, there isn’t. 73 million people voted for him. There’s no way to be rid of them and, with Congress and the Supreme Court in his thrall, his agenda will be cemented for much longer than I will live. Anything short of violent revolution is a waste of time and, unfortunately, so is that. The American people have spoken. We have no right to change their decision and no meaningful ability to do so.
I have deleted all of my news and current events bookmarks. I plan to set my Bluesky account to suppress all mention of politics and public events. I plan to get new hobbies to replace my obsession with politics and current events. I might still vote but, it will be the simple ‘vote against the other side’ strategy of the willfully ignorant.
Is my attitude, “Fuck the country. Fuck the immigrants. Fuck the young women. Fuck the gender fluid, the environment and everything else.” Well, pretty much. I worked long and hard to help them out. Trump won because they didn’t turn out. They have made clear that they are not willing to take responsibility.
I feel sorry for the minority that does care and did show up, but I am done. I have learned that my efforts are wasted. The people and things I want to protect do not care about protecting themselves. The forces of evil have won so decisively that resisting is a waste on any timescale I care about.
So, I no longer care. As soon as I can complete my mental remodeling, I will be the sweetest, least aware old man you ever met. My goal is to be unaware of Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment until well after they are installed. I will have lots of opinions about AI, Javascript, the best kind of tomato sauce (I made amazing spaghetti sauce this week!), and all manner of things that do not require me to pay attention to this stupid fucking country that has betrayed everything I care about. ‘Cared’ about.