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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time? [View all]Hugin
(34,565 posts)Im right there with your mood.
The two biggest burrs under my saddle are
The torrential normalization I see everywhere. What is happening is not normal! Its self-destructive and pre-obeyance to buy into it. The frogs (us!) are being boiled slowly!
Then, theres how you put it, clarity on what the resistance is and will look like. Even if there is to be a resistance. After months of screaming from the rooftops about how this is an all-hands emergency, now theres crickets from those we were looking to to lead us. It feels as if weve been ghosted and its not a good look. After a lifetime of YOYO (youre on your own), I am used to it and it has made me extremely self-reliant and resourceful. I am an outlier and no person is an island. The vast majority of people need leadership and community. Especially in times like these. If those who would be leaders think that the multitudes are going to fall behind them when they re-emerge, they are sorely mistaken. So many people went all in this time, without seeing a return on their efforts. They will move on to something that seems to have a return. Its called survival and is the basis of evolution.
As to the election, of course Trump and whats left of the GOP cheated. Its the only way they can get the powerz! Trump has cheated at every aspect of his life, business, relationships, and golf for crying out loud. He fills out his score card before he hits the links on his own golf course! Its important to realize that this loss was a loss of a thousand cuts. Most of this cheating was in the grey areas of the law and done in such a way as to be difficult to prove, impossible to prosecute, and no silver bullet that would overturn the results. None. What impresses me the most about it is wouldnt it be easier just to have popular stands on issues and campaign?
Its better to take the offense. But, weve circled around to where is the offense?