It had to happen someday. I hope we can weather this and come back stronger in a few years.
EdIt: fixed a typo in the title
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
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I became an accelerationist after the last election. The man literally said he was going to do this before the election. This has to stop and Americans need to hurt until they learn. I am also an American so I will also hurt, maybe die, but we need to do better as a country.
I completely get where you are coming from.
The Republicans have been pushing all this shit since before I was born and the Democrat's answer has been small business loans to compete against the corporate consolidation they take no steps to slow and other neoliberal bullshit. The Democrats complete capitulation to the right wing surge, and complete fumbling of creating economic policies that doesn't breed disillusioned youth ripe to be picked by fascists, has left a festering wasteland. I don't think more hurting will somehow make anything better or convince people that the grifters selling them snake oil are wrong. I'm worried that the muscles of empathy and compassion are too weak to pull anything good from the ashes.
I don't know how to convince more people to care about their neighbors, but I do know that is the only way to make anything worth having. Even if they are an asshole. The system doesn't need any help destroying itself. Capitalism and fascism are death cults. What we need is more people showing good examples of horizontal mutual aid. Helping someone who needs help can teach a better lesson than hurting them. Even if they are an asshole.