Free Fall into Nothing [View all]

[angrychair]

I don't know what the future holds for democracy but I am confident good people, with good intentions, Democrats, will try to make things right but I just have no confidence that is possible now.
Our allies will never trust us again. Financial markets will never trust the dollar again.
We are literally on the cusp of a stock market collapse. A healthcare collapse. A diplomatic collapse. A military collapse.
America has become a dark, evil place where hate and fear live.
We are murdering innocent people abroad and have made enemies of the poorest and most vulnerable in our own society.
From healthcare to law enforcement to basic services, I have lost all confidence in our government to be effective.
It not a dig at Democrats, they are trying but Republicans are so deep in this cult mentality with Mango Mussolini and so desperate for power and wealth, that they are happy to burn the country down to obtain it.

Even if we win a majority in the House and Senate, even if we win the WH, they will still be there to drag down, to water down, Democrats every move. To be fair, Republicans are much better at sabotaging the legislative process than Democrats are in Congress.

The Republicans have reshaped our government in ways I never anticipated or thought possible and at a speed that leaves your head spinning.

Interestingly, it appears to be mostly through gross incompetence and grift and racism and misogyny and bigotry and xenophobia, then an actual plan.
It's a clusterfuck of the worst human beings possible, gathered in one place, for the sole purpose of screwing up anything and everything a Democrat ever touched without regard to who it hurts or any other consequences.

These are dark times and right now I just don't see a way forward. At least not for many, many years into the future. Hopefully I'm wrong but our society is so fractured I just don't see a way forward from where we stand right now.
Stay safe. Hug your friends and family. Be good to each other.