Can’t we be a little more nuanced than this? I agree that despair shouldn’t drive inaction but to consider them bad-faith actors is a bit much imo.
I am pessimistic (but not hopeless) about America’s present and future looking from the outside, north of the 49th parallel, mainly due to the current government’s strategy to stop measuring problems while making them worse instead of fixing them. I think it’s normal to express disappointment that so many of the institutions, groups and individuals who proudly displayed their independence from govt years or months ago are now bowing down to their dictator.
There’s been mixed success in the courts, and the OOP has a point that giving up in the face of this is a win to the fascists. I do sense public resistance, and if it can manifest itself in a co-ordinated way like ICE reporting mutual aid groups, running out the clock is a way to win it back. I say this because the administration’s actions look increasingly like they are flailing, and the smarter people that know how to govern in the executive branch have all already been kicked out for reality TV yes-people.
The question, to me is: can Americans put their cultural self-serving helplessness aside for a bit to counteract this administration’s attempts to dictate reality? I am holding out hope.
Can’t we be a little more nuanced than this? I agree that despair shouldn’t drive inaction but to consider them bad-faith actors is a bit much imo.
I am pessimistic (but not hopeless) about America’s present and future looking from the outside, north of the 49th parallel, mainly due to the current government’s strategy to stop measuring problems while making them worse instead of fixing them. I think it’s normal to express disappointment that so many of the institutions, groups and individuals who proudly displayed their independence from govt years or months ago are now bowing down to their dictator.
There’s been mixed success in the courts, and the OOP has a point that giving up in the face of this is a win to the fascists. I do sense public resistance, and if it can manifest itself in a co-ordinated way like ICE reporting mutual aid groups, running out the clock is a way to win it back. I say this because the administration’s actions look increasingly like they are flailing, and the smarter people that know how to govern in the executive branch have all already been kicked out for reality TV yes-people.
The question, to me is: can Americans put their cultural self-serving helplessness aside for a bit to counteract this administration’s attempts to dictate reality? I am holding out hope.