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America is broken. Trump is not the cause of our problems. Trump is like a maggot in a festering wound. He's in the White House because America is broken. When he leaves the White House, America will still be broken.
The good news is that we can fix America, and we don't have to wait three years. We can start right now, but it's going to require effort and dilligence.
It feels like we are in a tornado right now. I guess what I want is for the storm to stop. I know that many things are broken and will need to be rebuilt, but it feels like we can’t start that process while the winds are raging.
I don't like that analogy because it suggests that we're at the mercy of the forces of nature. It is their intention to make you feel like there's a tornado outside, and you're powerless to stop it so just hang tight until its over. But it's just a bunch of rich people with fans and noise makers outside your window, trying to scare you inside. You have far more agency in this situation than they want you to realize. Because as long as you are busy hiding from the storm, they are busy stealing all of the value and power they can hoard. By the time you emerge, they will have claimed everything for themselves and act like you're the problem for not liking it.
The only way to fix America, like all stolen pieces of land pretending to be a legitimate nation, is to disband immediately and give it back to the original inhabitants.
How are your negotions going with the tribal leaders to enshrine gender rights into their new laws? Any tactical advice for the rest of the Lemmy diplomatic corps?