Political Memes

I've known how fucked we are since Bush v. Gore proved that American Democracy has always been a sham.

Bush v. Gore was 2000, but it proved all 200+ years prior were a sham? No. A sham from then on, or even since the Regan era would be acceptable, but even then it's an absolutist framing which is never true.

Trump is nothing new, just an escalation of a trend that started in the 70's.

Having a literal, demented rapist felon in the white house is absolutely "new". Not sure what trend in the 70's you're talking about. Reagan, I'd go with.

That's why it's so important that we stop playing the blame game and start getting organized.

"the blame game" is a republican rejoinder to avoid accountability. People who refused to vote for Harris to stop trump are responsible for trump being president. Not solely responsible, but it's a reprehensible choice. They need to grok how fucked up a choice that was. Many apparently still do not. There will be ample reminders in the next few years.

That's the hope, that we might all be able to build networks of mutual aid to get each other through the troubled times ahead.

we HAVE mutual networks. They're now being burned down under the false premise that somehow their existence allows genocide in Palestine. Despite that not being true, it's also hypocritical and myopic to consider such a connection. The non-voting left have fucked up, bigly.

I'm not suggesting things were ever close to perfect, or that change isn't desperately needed. I'm suggesting that by refusing the one choice that would have made a difference when it mattered the most, the people who refused to stop trump should not be listened to. At best they've made the worst choice possible and need to understand that, at worst, they're useful idiots.