i’m turning into an edgelord, talking violence too often. politics, maaaan. gotta shut it off, focus on other things entirely. sometimes when i hear other people talk, who are being upset by the same things that bother me, it helps me look at the same issue more calmly. a weird quirk, i wish i could call up on command. works more IRL than online, where i more often get the opposite effect.
;slkjgrdlkagjlskjrgfkjvrak i tells ya.
but i’ll be alright.
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I’ve been vacillating between calm stoicism and detached curiosity (Epicurus’s “ataraxia”) to blind rage and revenge fantasy that follows engagement with some form of doomerism (my own and others). Trying my best to feed only the ataraxia but goddamn it’s hard sometimes when all you wanna do is destroy the machine.
Brains suck.
it’s the hard draft, comrade. maybe sometime i’ll come up with a good way to consistently produce content that helps divert minds such as ours, but not there yet.
I’ve mostly been trying to stay practical. None of these yahoos can actually do much just yet besides argue with each other. Trump is doing his best to stuff the clown car with his favorite clowns. And some of them are so absurd they’re failing to make the cut. Even with their friendly crowd.
This isn’t the time to worry or get upset. Not saying to avoid planning. Do what you need to stay safe, but mostly that’s not going to involve the government. It’ll involve your neighbors deciding that Fucko the Clown Wants THEM to Make America *
IdiocracyAgain.But overall? This is the time to grab the popcorn and watch the show. Right now the new administration is blowing a lot of their political capital and goodwill before they even get to do anything meaningful. And they’re doing it to push incompetent political appointees. They don’t really need those specific people. There are lots of other people they could use who are somewhat competent but have bad ideas. It’s just one big pointless flex for the new administration and it’s already failing to go off as planned.
If you’re too busy jumping at shadows you’ll not only miss the show, you’ll wear yourself out before the real danger comes. Don’t do that. Don’t hand them any wins. Make them wear themselves out working for every single one.
*edited per GAS ableism policy
currently spending time thinking about trigger acts by the administration that will cause me to take to the streets. Domestic use of regular military (not national guard) is the top one. It helps to be old, as I have no more fear of being martyred.