mood (--), potentially contagious, hazmat warning, MAJOR CW: uspol
On a lark, I poked at a couple of offshore betting websites to try to cheer myself up, after reading some headlines that said Trump might pull off 2020 through the electoral college. This was a major source of comfort for me in 2016 since they heavily favored Clinton—even though they were wrong.
Yeah. All the betting sites favor Trump. By a small margin, something like 5-4, but still. Not at all what I needed to see today.
mood (--), potentially contagious, hazmat warning, MAJOR CW: uspol
I mean, I don't feel doomed _yet_. The impeachment hearing has a long way to go, and King Stubby Orange could still go Full Nixon. He's only got so many yes men left and he's alienating former allies left and right. An economic downshift could do him some damage, too.
But for the first time in a while, I'm genuinely scared. It is eminently possible we could have to soak up the damage from another four years.
mood (--), potentially contagious, hazmat warning, MAJOR CW: uspol
Like I said, I'm still hopeful. 55% is not great odds for Trump—I mean, Hillary was at, like, 90% from the least optimistic sites and STILL lost. And those odds are likely to go down.
Plus, I can play the long game if I have to. We need Trump to not just fail and fail horribly. There are probably futures in which that ONLY happens because he hangs on to power long enough to show his proverbial nudity...
But.
mood (--), potentially contagious, hazmat warning, MAJOR CW: uspol
@zebratron2084 less concerned about the notion of helping save this planet these days.
But they're are still spirits out there, and they fair better on the larger scale of things at least *shrugs*
mood (--), potentially contagious, hazmat warning, MAJOR CW: uspol
@Oneironott I mean, I take a lot of comfort from being both a history major and a history buff. Humanity's gotten a lot worse crazy and actually come through it a shred wiser. I think of Japan and Germany and what generally liberal, prosperous, peaceful societies they became...
I still have a lot of hope, this is just... such godawful timing for a Teachable Moment about the perils of autocracy and personality cults, you know?! :(
mood (--), potentially contagious, hazmat warning, MAJOR CW: uspol
He's done enough fucking damage already—to democracy, to the mental health of my friends, and to my faith in the ability of humans to see lies and corruption right in front of their own faces. The prospect isn't enough to make me want to give up on life... but boy, was it enough to make me want to give up on today.
*sighs and curls up in your rafters, listlessly batting some shiny things around*