Evan Prodromou
I'm feeling politically confused and upset.
I know that the USA is heading into a hard time, and that a lot of vulnerable people are going to be in danger. This change of administration is hazardous.
But it's also literally the end of the genocidal war in Gaza in which the Biden administration was complicit. The end of the administration coincides with the end of the war.
kuteboiCoder
@evan@cosocial.ca
"politically confused and upset" is a prerequisite for MAGA
welcome aboard
Evan Prodromou
I don't think it's sane or reasonable to do arbitrage on human lives -- one undocumented worker in Chicago for one grandma in Rafah. That's not how human rights work. It's not how decency works.
Evan Prodromou
I guess I am mad that, since 2016, as a progressive I have had to be on the side of the neoliberal deep state. That I have felt the need to defend institutions and norms against attacks from the populist right -- institutions that are corrupt, unjust, and oppressive.
ElizabethLindquist
@evan I get how you're feeling, but I don't think this is at all the end. I doubt they'll get to phase 2 before the bombing starts again.
Evan Prodromou
@ElizabethLindquist let's agree to work together to keep that from happening.
Evan Prodromou
And I think I'm going to let that go. I don't give a fuck about how the normal chain of command at the FBI is supposed to be run. I am not going to fight for the filibuster. I am not going to hit the streets in defense of the General Accounting Office.
Evan Prodromou
I am not sorry that the Biden Administration is over. It meant starvation and death from above for millions of people.
Evan Prodromou
I am also not happy that the Trump Administration is coming in. We will have to fight to protect each other and the world. It will be exhausting, again.
Evan Prodromou
But I most definitely not be campaigning for a neoliberal unilateralist, either. That world is almost gone; it ends when Joe Biden boards Marine One back to Delaware. I am not willing to fight for it in order to hold off the MAGA horde any more. I want to put my energy, time and money into what comes next.
Evan Prodromou
@ErgonWolf great. If I say that I would gladly trade the Palestinian genocide for whatever is happening then, please remind me.
ErgonWolf
@evan I'll check back in with you in 2 years and see how things compare.
Evan Prodromou
Meaning: a US that's a global citizen instead of a rogue nation. An America that cares for everyone, where everyone gets a base level of support and services, regardless of what that means for the markets. A place where equality matters, and where rights are universal.
Evan Prodromou
@PaulWermer let's agree to work together to make it the end.
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
@evan A pause, yes - and end? not so sure.
Evan Prodromou
If the Democratic Party is going to do the work to analyze itself, take a look in the mirror, and get there, I will be in it. But I don't know if I'm going to work for the Party just because they'll keep the Trumpists out. Because so far, in the last decade, they haven't.
Evan Prodromou
I have been particularly appalled by the Democratic chatter since the election. Days after an election where they were saying that a loss to Trump would be the end of democracy, party leaders were chirruping along to plans and strategies for the 2026 midterms. No talk about how we, together, are going to organize to defend vulnerable people in this new undemocratic country.
Evan Prodromou
So, I'm going to watch who stands up for trans kids and undocumented workers and people in conflict overseas and work with them. Maybe it's AOC and Bernie, and maybe it's mutual aid groups and nonprofits. Maybe it's the UN, I don't know.
Evan Prodromou
@steter let's work together to make sure that it does.
Steve's Place
@evan It coincides with a ceasefire the Biden administration has been working on alongside Qatar. That's not an end to the war. It's a pause. Israel seems hellbent on taking Gaza so Kushner can develop beachfront properties for the wealthy to enjoy. There is a tremendous amount of politicking going on around this. I will be surprised if it approaches permanence.
Evan Prodromou
@ericg thanks!
Eric G.
@evan This thread is righteous. Thank you for the eloquent framing of the voices of chaos in my head.
Evan Prodromou
@harkank I don't care about winning; I care about having a good country.
Erich M.
As long as we follow the 11th commandment we are on a path to win.
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