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(7,770 posts)What do you want people to do? Because Du'ers have had these thoughts believe me. Some of us know just voting and protesting isn't going to be enough. But I feel you want us to surrender before the war has even started. And that I do not like. Is that just Russian pessimism? I no longer believe in any kind of American exceptionalism if I ever did.
I do believe in people. Individual people. A country is not a monolith. The CIA has individual people with individual beliefs. As does the military and on and on. You have no idea how individuals will react and what they will do. The same is true with every individual in this country. They may fail democracy or they may stand up. Not very long ago people with black skin weren't even considered human in this country. Individual people changed that. The future is not written. I object to those that say it is.
And as far as the tax returns-once you start saying everything is a conspiracy-ie the tax returns will be rigged then we have no chance to ever have any reality. That is dangerous. Obviously the taxes still matter-why hasn't he thought of issuing fake ones yet? Where are the great masterminds? If they were honestly the masterminds you say-maybe people wouldn't know that Bannon is literally a Nazi wannabe. Yes he is a Nazi. I say it every chance I get. The alt-right are Nazi's. Language matters.
The culture of this country has changed dramatically in a very short time. I am not sure people will go back so easily to not having gay rights and women's rights. But it's possible we will cave and it's all over as you say. Then I guess we should eat, drink, take drugs and travel because it's all over. I mean the end of the world happens to us all the time-every time someone you love dies. That is probably as important as anything political. I did a lot of thinking about this in the shower. Life is short. Being in despair isn't really any better than being "awake". It's one freaking day at a time. Just like when someone you love is dying. That's what this American nightmare is. And in between we have some joy.