The absolutely horrifying and surreal thing right now is having no idea if in about 20 days I’ll be living a relatively similar life under an upcoming Harris presidency, or be working on the second stage process to move overseas, completely uproot my entire life, sell all my belongings and home, and leave my family, job, and friends before the US crumbles into an authoritarian and anti-LGBT & anti-women theocratic state. It makes it tough to like, anything. And somehow, despite all the scandals, evil, incompetence, and cruelty, that is currently almost a statistical coin flip.
@hacks4pancakes I think the worst part is how much people don’t understand this is not an exaggeration. Everyone still thinks, “it can’t happen here”
@danirabbit @hacks4pancakes I saw an article about a study a couple weeks(?) ago, that showed how almost every participant played down the fascist rhetoric with sentiment along the lines of “Nobody is as radical in practice as they are with their rhetoric.” They couldn’t fathom that extremists are literally trying to do exactly what they say they’d do if given power.
@schrotthaufen @danirabbit @hacks4pancakes normally I'd agree with you, and this is a big part of why I didn't vote for him in 2016, but like in this case we have an entire term in office to look at: we really don't need to play this game of wondering what kind of president he'll be based on whatever inane babbling he does at rallies.
