Your abusers are your government itself, and all its allies and assets around the world, and the network of oligarchs and empire managers who call the shots in this globe-spanning power structure from behind the scenes.
Are we though? Or are we mad at the stupid people who allowed these people to take power?
Cause I’m furious with both.
While I am furious with both, I’m still angrier at the rulers. In most cases, the perpetrator is more to blame than the enabler.
The part that makes it worse is those in power know that critical thinking and good circumstances make it so people can think for themselves and take action if needed. Making it incredibly hard to just survive (housing, food, transportation) and access good healthcare is by design. Making a good education more difficult to attain by way of underfunding public schools in poorer districts and making college difficult to afford is again by design.
Yes, in the end many people voted for this, but putting people as a whole in crisis situations and making them more susceptible to believing lies is unfortunately quite effective at manipulating them, even against their own interests.
In my own experience living in a red state, it is possible for some of these people to change their views. Some of them are good people, just misguided. The more people see that us working class folks need to fight the same fight, the better.
I’m at the point where I’m not really mad about stupid people that let this happen. Im disappointed for sure, but not mad. Because it’s not productive and we can’t change the past. What matters is what we do next. We don’t have time to “own the libs” or let the “leopards eat their face” because, even as we speak, the people in charge are stripping away every tool we have against them while we yell at each other.
See I’m torn because I agree with everything you said but I’m also completely over all the bullshit coming from the people who voted for this.
They knew exactly what they were voting for. They knew exactly what was going to happen and cheered for it.
At one point is it not directly their fault?
And I totally understand. But if we keep making enemies with our neighbors things will only get worse. I’m not saying you have to like them. But the enemy of my enemy is my friend. And not all Republicans are pieces of shit and there are some that feel remorseful and betrayed. I live in a red county so i am surrounded by republicans and most everyone here are decent people that were just bamboozled and betrayed. And if we give up ourselves as a target of their anger instead of the people actually fucking us over than we will just stay divided.
