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I’m going to be ignoring the news for the next couple years. “Trump Did Something Horrific,” followed by nothing of any consequence but “raising awareness.”
Wake me up when there’s a real resistance.
I'm not American and will do the same. The amount of artificial and inflated drama is just unbearable. Not for another four years.
"Trump said this unacceptable thing!!!1!" followed by a few days of outrage, nothing changes, then he says another stupider shit a few days layer and the cycle continues.
In a way I'm sure the media are very happy for that Trump win. They're gonna have some drama every fucking day.
Well don't bother starting it yourself.
Maybe charisma is their dump stat.
Ah yes the embodiment of the French Revolutionaries spirit. Paraphrasing the slogan, wasn't it something like
"wake me up my brothers after the king gets beheaded, why would I go out with my pitchfork if nothing's gonna happen".
I can't speak to others but it's exhausting. All the "did something illegal" "got egg on the face of the US" "made a clown of himself". I can only be outraged for so long before I'm burned out. I've voted every election big and small. I've argued and talked with people about how bad this could be. I've told people who didn't know there are still literal wars going on and how there is an avenue for ww3. People don't care or they think trump is the one to see us through and any changes he wants to make are good.
What else can I do? I'm not going to take up arms because I still believe in our democracy.
Just like I’ve been telling my queer friends: some days you fight; some days you rest. You cannot fight if you don’t take care of yourself.
get organized! there are loads of community-based action groups that provide mutual aid services. the democratic socialists of America is a great example but there are plenty of other options if that's not for you
Looking at US politics from across the pond, there seems to be a healthy dose of activism, except it's exclusively online.
Unfortunately nowadays this is totally irrelevant, because it's so easy to counter by anyone with money to burn.
When people have actually gathered (mostly unions) they have found success.
Except all the college students who got arrested/kicked out for pro-palestinian protests.
Too small, but an interesting example.
In many countries, and across history, universities are the breeding ground of anti-establishment protests. Young people with a strong desire to change the world, not yet shackled by the burdens of society and all that.
Except that in the US, students are chained down with massive debt they can't escape from, so that they can be kept on a leash.
I suspect that's going to be a long long looooooonnnng sleep you will be having there :(
be sure to hashtag that resistance!
And smash that like button!
Or you could start a protest or join an organization actually fighting him. Instead of whining about people not doing anything on the internet.
Ah well, nevertheless.