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Now We Will Get What We Asked For (inthesetimes.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I think it's important to keep your mental health. I try not to dwell on the bad and just know that I did my part along with millions of other people. Even in the reddest state, there are A LOT of rational people.

BTW, I live in a red state so I usually feel like my vote legitimately doesn't matter. But we got the Chief Justice that we wanted (she wrote the minority opinion that an abortion ballot measure should stay on).

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It's not mental health per se. I've been in a pretty good mood today, surprisingly. It's more that every election I feel like what I do has less and less impact, because everybody else isn't pulling in the same direction.

    And, yeah, the state senator and representative I wanted won, so that's nice. But these tiny victories feel so useless against the weight of a nation determined to destroy itself and the world.

    Plus even the rational people don't make sense to me in other perplexing ways. If I just reinserted myself into the ad-filled, algorithm-driven existence they all seem to inhabit I'd feel less like I beamed down from outer space. I'd be able to talk about TV shows and Facebook and other normal people stuff. But I've been there and I didn't like it.

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