So What Now?: A response to the US Election

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@teresanorris5905 Ай бұрын

This election was not like others. This election was about having half the country that voted for a sexual predator am then I remember that I was one of those preyed upon. I spent the afternoon the elections having flashbacks of the day I was a 9 years old of that assault. I agree we go on but this election was not the same.

@ebeb516 Ай бұрын

💯 agree. ❤️‍🩹

@NeedsaLift595 Ай бұрын

It truly wasn't. Half the country told all victims of sexual violence that not only is it 'not that bad' but its now gonna be emboldened.

@gorgri Ай бұрын

This one was SO different from previous elections. I long for the days when debates were civil enough to have an audience that would ask each candidate thought-provoking and important questions. I long for the days when I could listen to an incoming president speak and think, "I may not have voted for that person, but I respect who the country has chosen and trust that they will hold themselves to as high a standard as the office requires." No election solves every issue, no election brings about complete peace and confidence, no candidate is the savior. This one was different. Forget about the policies: this one brought out the absolute worst in humanity. We might be fearful about what the next four years will hold, but I think we're more reeling with the fact that so many people voted for a convicted felon and someone found liable of sexual abuse of a woman (which for all intents and purposes means 🍇). It did not matter to them. It did not matter. THAT is what I am grappling with.

@advocacynaccountablity Ай бұрын

I felt like this in 2016, and fell into a years-long depression. I knew it wasn't going to end well, and that people would die preventable deaths (I didn't know exactly how, but that's the thing about policies - they determine how we live, or don't). So, this election I feel much more prepared to fight the winnable fights, locally, to tend to my biological and emotional needs, and carry on, as freedom-seekers have for hundreds of years in America (on Indigenous land, I might add, not insignificantly).

@lynhaney111 Ай бұрын

Yes, flashbacks from my 14 yo self being sexually abused at my parents damn evangelical church. Our reaction is not about the system. Our reaction is that 1/2 the country showed how much they hate women and young girls. How is is OK to be a serial rapist. How it is OK the demean women. How we are less than human to them.

@CarrieLovesLife. Ай бұрын

I disagree with the idea that we have always felt like it was a crisis when ‘our side’ didn’t win. We didn’t used to despair when the ‘other side’ won. We might not have been happy about it, but we didn’t feel like it was going to bring about the end of democracy. We didn’t feel like we were going to be taking giant strides backwards as a country. We didn’t feel like we were actually going to have hard won rights taken away. This has only been the case in the last three elections in which Trump was a candidate. Never before has a man of such openly low character been successful in attaining the presidency. Never before Trump has a man worked so cruelly to spread hate and lies to divide us. Never before has a President refused to participate in the peaceful transfer of power. Trump has done and said MANY MANY things that would have torpedoed the candidacy of any person who ran before him. This is not just political ‘business as usual’. Trump has run against three highly qualified, though imperfect candidates. He won twice. Each time when the candidate was a WOMAN. He showed us exactly who he was in 2016. He showed us exactly who he was in office. He showed us exactly who he was when he refused to participate in the peaceful transfer of power. He showed us who he was for the past few years, spreading MORE hate, MORE lies. His popularity has grown. Misogyny and Racism, the two prongs upholding Patriarchy, are the reason Trump won. I am 64 years old, I have voted in every election since I was 18. This election and its consequences going forward are unlike anything that has come before in the United States. The checks and balances are falling away. People feel like this is an existential crisis for our country because IT IS.

@misspriss2482 Ай бұрын

This. This comment needs to be pinned. We have literally installed a mobster who has packed the Supreme Court and bought and paid for judges. This criminal is NEVER going to jail for his crimes. Every crime he wants to commit is going to be deemed a "presidential act" and he is going to get away with it.

@teresanorris5905 Ай бұрын

This is exactly what I have been thinking. Over 1/2 this country voted for this known sexual predator and racist. You said it so well. This election was not like the others. When Bush beat Gore, I was disappointed and worried for our environment but I believed our country would carry on. When Trump was elected the first time, I was confused but thought that the system would hold. Not now, Trump has shown us who he is. He is the destroyer.

@spamton5266 Ай бұрын

You are absolutely correct, no election was this divisive among people, and let's not forget, this election is one of the elections with the least number of votes ever counted. And yet most of the central organs are completely taken over by republicans, all charges against him have already dropped, the billionairs who backed him up got a lot richer, and the country is the most devided we have ever seen. Both Khamala and Biden did their absolute best, however the democratic party failed them and all of us since Obama. I woud understand not voting for them, four years of the same stuff seems like shit, but maybe we more time Harris woud have been capable to get more shit done being already backed up by Biden. Trump is a complete wild card that we are all forced to see the chaos it leads to.

@charleston1789 Ай бұрын

I fear you’re right

@nzingahoney Ай бұрын

I agree especially after reading How Democracies Die.

@CyeOutsider Ай бұрын

Im not even American, but Im terrified and unable to sleep at this result. I have studied history. I understand how bad this is and how bad it can get and i am terrified for the world now.

@MagisterialVoyager Ай бұрын

would you care to elaborate? i've read some things in passing, but history isn't my field and i would like to hear from someone whose field is.

@LeMAList Ай бұрын

@@MagisterialVoyager Basically, when people suffer under a system that is unable to reform itself due to calcified structures of power (think european feudalism in the 18th century, Russia in the 1900s, Germany in the 1930s... or neoliberal capitalism today), it creates a "pressure cooker" situation in wich anger build and build without findind a constructive outlet. This situation often lead to an "explosion", a wave of reactionnary violence directed toward the stagnant system and its representatives, real or scapegoated. Think Civil War in the USA, the French and Russian Revolution, the rise of Facism in Italy and Germany, etc. Today, the western world is in the "pressure cooker stage" - people suffer but can't find an outlet in traditional neoliberal politics, thus the rise of the "far right" pretty much everywhere, because it is seen as providing an alternative to stagnation. The possible solution to this situation are a) massives and sweeping reforms or b) tabula rasa trough barbaric violence. And since it has always been easier (and more profitable) to drive people apart than to draw them together... you can guess how all os this is likely to end. It certainly doesn't help when greedy and narcissistic assholes seize on the occasion and fan the flame for personnal gain, as is often the case in such scenario.

@leoniep9231 Ай бұрын

@MagisterialVoyager Being from Germany, a lot of it looks like it started here in the 1920/30s: Book burnings, anti-LGBT policies, anti-socialist tendencies (anti public healthcare in case of the US, and also Trump saying he will go after his political enemies which also happened with Hit ler, since the first people interned in camps in Germany were actually people from the socialist and social democratic parties), anti-abortion and pro-natalism (in Na zi Germany there was a 'Mutterorden' as a sign of acknowledgement for women who had a certain amount of children, women were supposed to be in the domestic sphere only, and abortion was outlawed), blatant sexism and anti-foreigner policies (Trump announcing mass deportations of supposed 'non Americans' reminds me of the deportation of 'non German' jews in the 30/40s, DT also wants to build civilian detention camps along the southern border). In addition to these typical fascist elements, the US (as remnants of sla very) additionally has pervasive structural racism, white supremacy, and the downplaying of history and the mistreatment of black people, which is a factor of injustice which will create a lot of danger and harm for people of color (P2025 wants to get rid of anti discrimination laws in the workplace, so people could then legally not be hired by a racist employer just because they are black). I probably forgot some things that are similar, these are just the few off the top of my head... Edit: spelling and sentence structure for better understanding; correction about how DT has not yet built detention camps, but is planning to

@MagisterialVoyager Ай бұрын

@@leoniep9231 thank you for your response! the similarities are scary, to say the least. i'm just an Asian living in a developing Asian nation - with the difference being that i can speak English, unlike most people here. i don't understand too much about the "western" world but i read enough to understand that, _at the very least_ DT is a dangerous person who shouldn't be given power. this is saddening. i can only wish well to all of us.

@leoniep9231 Ай бұрын

@@MagisterialVoyagerI agree, why is it so hard for everyone to respect each other's rights? I still cannot wrap my mind around the fact that so many US Americans are either grossly misinformed, outright hateful toward their fellow Americans, or indoctrinated to a degree that nothing DT says or does is ever bad enough to disqualify him. Absolutely heartbreaking and enfuriating at the same time...

@yulebones Ай бұрын

With all due respect ... this is not the same as before. It is absolutely not even close.

@meganboyer5782 Ай бұрын

I agree that voting for the right person wouldn't have magically fixed everything. And yes, some people have always acted like it was the end of the world when their canidate loses. But this election wasn't like others. We just elected someone who already tried to overthrow our government. Someone who said early on in his campaign that if he won, he'd make sure this was our last election. Someone who has openly admitted to admiring a serial killer. Someone who has talked about having his rivals unalived and has already recieved permission to do so. People are already dying and he's promised to make it worse. And somehow, the majority of our country thinks this is a fantastic idea.

@mrseriousv1 22 күн бұрын

thats skewed POV you know? there are awful things on the other side too ya know (at least in the republican POV, which is also valid but pretty different than the democrat POV). you're picking out the absolute worst things he has said, while ignoring the context, and the good things he promised. I'm not saying trump is good, but nuance is needed. the majority of people are not insane, if the majority seems insane to you, maybe you might be the insane one?

@jujubesification Ай бұрын

How much worse it will become, we can't know. It doesn't look great. We need to build community, learn to collaborate, learn to truly see different opinions and perspectives as an addition instead of a competition. We can in fact out-evolve this behavior that leads to so much suffering.

@D4rthsunny Ай бұрын

All people of all races. It's what cause the riff between poc... they did it on purpose, cause they know for a fact they'd lose if we stood together. Brightside this is what started the 3rd wave of feminism.

@amberfuchs398 Ай бұрын

A lot of people are gonna have to reckon with how prevalent normalized abuse is in our culture. John Bradshaw was talking about this way back in the eighties. His program on "The Family" discusses how normalized abuse is and how normalized abuse is the main factor in folks that devolve towards genocide. Abuse is so normalized for some folks that they voted for an abuser without thinking twice about it.

@ladyalicent705 Ай бұрын

I’m so sick and tired of people saying “this is just like every 4 years”. No it wasn’t, this election was different, I’m not going to go into too much detail about why, because many others in the comments already have, but know this: When Donald Trump becomes the first president to run for a third term, citing that he ‘won in 2020’, you will see. You will see that this election was different, but by then, it will be too late. Hell, *it already is…*

@stolenrelic Ай бұрын

Trump is pretty unhealthy so he might have passed by next term, but by then he'll have illegalized mail-in ballots, made abortion federally illegal, etc.

@QueenMegaera Ай бұрын

It's not a democracy just one day every four years. Voting is just the easiest work we have as citizens, of any country. As you say, as Jon Stewart said: building the better society we believe can exist is a milk pail job. It's an everyday job. But as we fight during the days, we can still hug eachother, watch out for eachother, and dance in the evenings.

@maggie6152 Ай бұрын

Dawg, i respect you and your words, but for disabled people like me: We depended on that system. And we're going to die without it. There's not that much hope for the millions like me in not basing my faith on the system and i wish more creators would even just ACKNOWLEDGE disabled people exist in these pep talks. Because the question for us is not "How do we hold on untill we can make change happen?" but, "What can i do with the time left before i die?"

@denelian116 Ай бұрын

This. I live off social security disability; I _survive_ because of Medicare. He says he will get rid of both. And then I'm dead. I'm _47!_ (My only consolation? Is that so many of the hateful bigots who voted for him are in the same boat)

@MarySSpeer Ай бұрын

Dear Expatriarch, Thank you for your comforting words. Sure, I’ve voted in every election since I was old enough (81 now), and some of my favorites won and some did not. But in either case, I felt that the candidate who won the presidential election at least had good intentions - until 2016. I was in knots the whole time grump was in power, half knots when he didn’t go away. Dear Joe Biden gave us a needed relief from trump. Now it’s back to double knots because we know that this time, he will be much worse than before - much much worse. So sorry for our nation and the world.😢

@tracyzimmerman7912 Ай бұрын

I have been so scared. I'm on SSDI. My life has depended on the government. I don't see a way out.

@maggie6152 Ай бұрын

Im on SSI. Right there with ya.

@purplepenny7977 Ай бұрын

As an American who voted for Kamala and is now terrified and can’t find a place that feels safe I truly am sorry to the rest of the world. I’m sorry. 😢

@stolenrelic Ай бұрын

Why are you sorry? It's not your fault. It's people who didn't vote and people who voted for Trump. They're to blame.

@freedomishavingachoice3020 Ай бұрын

We weren't safe to begin with. See gamergate. Name one place online where misogyny is illegal. The internet was never safe for us, I'm confused why we pretended it was. Biden was president and Taylor swift still had to cancel an eras concert because of misogynists. That happened.

@lauraschleifer4721 Ай бұрын

So I guess the Palestinians only deserve your sorrow if it is Trump arming their genocide, rather than a Democrat? :-/

@QWERTY-gp8fd 27 күн бұрын

now u feel what republican feels toward leftist and their woke rhetorics. uncomfortable isnt it. enjoy it cause its going to stay for atleast 4 years.

@MisterIncog Ай бұрын

I’m having about the same conclusion, but from a different perspective. I’m not from the US, I’m from somewhere much much worse - Russia. A lot of you out there are really nervous about what comes next, and I know how it feels, but think of it this way: not much really happened, you’ve lived through grim patriarchy your whole life. Sure, it’s a struggle, but you’ve managed. You don’t converted from rainbow and magic time into mordor time, you actually were already living though mordor that entire time, *and you managed* . I know it’s a very bleak perspective, but personally for me it gives power: to look back and understand that actually I’ve been through it, I came out alive. And as a person from a much darker (maybe less so now) mordor - believe me, life finds a way: we aren’t some husks of people without a moment of happiness, drained by metaphorical dementors; we still hang out with friends, we still listen to music, we still go to poetry evenings and have fun drunk quizzes in bars - life finds a way. Even when my town keeps getting bombed and drone-struck - life still finds a way. It’s a fight, often hopeless, but not lifeless.

@videofan1010 Ай бұрын

Wow...

@brook_angel Ай бұрын

Ik what you mean but. Especially for minority people. Especially those who need some form of healthcare. Things are going to take a stark turn for the worse. Acting like not much is gonna change and it'll all be fine is just not true for some parts of the US population. People will go hungry and go without their meds and... Worse.

@MisterIncog Ай бұрын

@@brook_angel ehh you know our trans people have to make their makeshift homemade hormones, which is super not fun but at least you feel like in mad max or something, that movie was pretty cool I think. Nah but being serious my point isn’t that things won’t get worse, it’s that they won’t get as impossible-to-imagine worse as some people think. And to reiterate: it’s not “relax it’s not that big of a deal”, it’s “here’s a glimmer of hope: there already was and still is indomitable human spirit in you”.

@ladywolfwolf Ай бұрын

Thank you. I will take this to heart.

@JaneAustenAteMyCat Ай бұрын

@@MisterIncog I think what you're saying is that this is how you cope, and that's absolutely fair enough

@nettewilson5926 Ай бұрын

What now? Get out if you can. If you can’t keep your head down and try to survive. Choices are over. We voted to end choice.

@experiencingbeauty8687 Ай бұрын

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King Jr. Human beings take a very long time to change, and in the meantime, a lot of people suffer and die. I wish it weren't the case, but it is. The more we can try to expand people's empathy, the more moral a place the world will be someday. Sometimes empathy only comes about through hard lessons though, and I believe the United States has some hard lessons coming.

@AyJay53810 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this statement I feel like my husband betrayed me There is so much anger & fear now I feel abandoned by many loved ones But these words inspire me to accept it and move for change I am still very angry and apprehensive But I am still strong for us I will move forward with strength and strategy ❤

@bluliite Ай бұрын

The unbelievable betrayal.

@brook_angel Ай бұрын

Did you find a way to talk to him about year fears and concerns? Does he listen to them? Can you leave the relationship? Because If he doesn't care about your well-being, he doesn't sound very trustworthy to be a husband to me ngl.

@Nick-o-time Ай бұрын

Delete him.

@MagisterialVoyager Ай бұрын

@@Nick-o-time i saw a cc wrote in a video title, ordering women to break up with their boyfriends if the said bfs voted for Trump and, honestly, i think it's valid. i genuinely cannot imagine anyone supporting DT, because it feels to me that they're not literate enough about how dangerous he is as a human being, let alone a leader.

@enravotaboyadjiev7466 Ай бұрын

I know this is going to sound ridiculous, but seriously consider divorcing him. If I was in your position I would not feel safe. If you have children, doubly so, because if you're not safe with him, the children are not safe either. I'm not in your life, I don't know how it is, but your husband voting against your rights is indicative of how much he values his convenience over your life.

@BENNYBLUEVERSION2 Ай бұрын

I can only say with certainty, we are screwed😞

@KossolaxtheForesworn Ай бұрын

often people turn their hopelessness brought upon by situations like this inwards towards them selves. this despair should only steel people to fight harder for that is just in this world. I have blood in me and I fear no future that does not yet exist.

@nettiebelle12 Ай бұрын

“When you can’t find Jesus, play Jesus for someone else.” WOW this is so impactful and something I need to remember.

@hotcocoacinamonbrown Ай бұрын

Sorry, but offering either grace, love, compassion, or understanding lead to where we are. People in my community and some allies told everyone that Orange Man does not and will not be the savior for them that they think he is; that they want him to be because they are afraid of the changes going on around them and the world. They voted for him because he keeps them at the top of the food chain and damn everyone else. So, no, no more compassion, grace, love, or understanding for when he inevitably does what he said he would. #Sorrynotsorry

@page8301 Ай бұрын

Thing is, he won't even do that. The average uneducated or delusional voter of his unless he is a multi millionaire or billionaire will see no real improvements.

@brook_angel Ай бұрын

You're supposed to have grace love and all those things for the other people suffering, not him and his followers.

@nettewilson5926 Ай бұрын

Agreed.

@nettewilson5926 Ай бұрын

@@brook_angelgrace and love won’t save people from the consequences of a Trumpian dictatorship. It didn’t save the Jews or the other victims of Nazi Germany. That took a vicious war of epic proportions.

@stolenrelic Ай бұрын

Preach!!! 🙌🏽 The time for grace is over.

@beingilluminous Ай бұрын

This election highlights, a geopolitical divide and a spiritual divide in our country. That is a kin to self war levels. We may not have battlefields like we used to, but it is absolutely a battle for our individual freedoms and our community safety and this is not battle. Most people have had a fight daily and that is the wake up call. Those communities have been fighting daily instead of getting relief always see that our fight looks like it’s not worthwhile. Needing compassion for the amount of suffering that fellow citizens in America have had to endure daily from each other is already a burnout game. And what we’re being asked, is to hold each person accountable to their behavior, daily, then there needs to be consequences for those who wish us harm for existing. I did my best walking yesterday in my community, smiling, and the whispers and pointing at me, by men, were surprising as they were not there, so boldly, pre-election. At 46, I’m already wondering if my daily walks will end up being battle grounds so why step outside? These are all real concerns that are fundamentally being heightened every day due to how these political choices embolden citizens. What we feel like is a country that already had limited or no resources, shameful propaganda, and neglect for anyone who didn’t fit the potential regime. And you are correct it is our daily actions to keep moving forward however it is the realization that there feels like no way for us to be able to get free, just like any domestic violence Abuse victim feels at least for a chunk of time. The process of moving through grief, to empowerment, is how I have survived….and am grateful for those who have more strength, and more energy, to keep fighting for us.

@minombreesminombre4878 4 күн бұрын

Thanks for your words. We don’t know what’s coming. But my job is love courageously in all the ways that I can. Human suffering will persist, my own included, but so will I.

@Marndarrr 28 күн бұрын

When I was a little girl, my dad protected me from bullies like Trump. Now that I’m a woman, my dad voted for Trump so I can be locked up or left to die if my pregnancy goes badly.

@QWERTY-gp8fd 27 күн бұрын

based. not many can sacrifice their family for the greater good of their kind.

@hannabio2770 Ай бұрын

A really, really wise words! Thank you! A really good speech! 👏

@vivvy_0 Ай бұрын

Why do americans still cling onto a two party system? this isn't working out for any of you guys. It's just a pulling-rope game, no real progress can be made when the other party just revokes what the other one did before. I'm sure you can find something better, more suitable for this large country and your future, given time.. but of course it will take sweat and tears, like with everything worthwhile.

@laurelgardner Ай бұрын

We don't cling to it. We just don't have any say.

@simply42 Ай бұрын

In order to change that, we would need to change our whole voting system, which is far easier said than done. I have heard lots of people express this sentiment, but due to our voting system, the only thing voting third party gets you is allowing the worst candidate to win.

@gorgri Ай бұрын

I agree we need more options. Because right now, when one party goes extreme, the other party is forced to as well. We deserve more options, I just don't know how it could happen.

@simply42 Ай бұрын

@@gorgri Like I mentioned, changing voting systems (particularly to ranked choice voting) would be a huge step in the right direction. It would be incredibly difficult because most voters do not understand how different voting systems work, one or both major parties would likely be opposed to it since it would mean that they'd lose power, and changing the voting system would require a constitutional amendment, which would be impossible without broad bipartisan support. That said, we won't know if we can do it until we try.

@Sidneycozzoi Ай бұрын

I would love to see ranked choice voting, sadly, I am not in charge of such things.

@DanielaGlint Ай бұрын

Don’t give up on the fight, but also be kind to yourself.

@padmaborrego Ай бұрын

That is Patriarchy. Looking up to the father, leaders, politicians for answers leaving it in their hands. That is too much power for anyone to not abuse. Relationships, all relationships need all parties to be present, hold each other accountable and communicate about a shared vision. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@zacharybosley1935 Ай бұрын

Not the happiest 1am I've been greeted to, but I'm happy to offer support where I can. Especially now.

@foolishlyfoolhardy6004 Ай бұрын

Sorry, previous comment wasnt meant for you. Don't know what happened - I shouldn't be up until 1 am either.

@KassieBoyd Ай бұрын

It's strange, but your words, your voice has become one of my main sources of comfort. I'm not sure if you're a Christian or not, but you seem to understand His message more than most religious leaders. My faith has been wavering due to the misogyny ingrained in religion. It probably wasn't your intention, but you've helped redirect me back to the core of my beliefs. Thank you and bless you!

@alfredbooth6854 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful message. Thank you.

@amerc453 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your work!! ❤❤❤

@gramplolo7530 Ай бұрын

For me, it's the utter disappointment and exhaustion, because I had hope that there were more good people than bad, that people had empathy, I had hope that we could have a woman president, that women's rights would be restored, and that the economy, housing market, and healthcare would get better/more affordable... Instead, I am slapped in the face with the reality that racism and sexism are still rampant, ignorance and bigotry has won, people have no empathy for people who are different from them, women are not seen as equals, people would rather have someone like trump than a woman president. And now my heart aches because of all the people who will die and be cruelly treated like animals, mass deportion and police immunity has always been a horrible tragedy filled with crimes against humanity throughout history, and all the women who will die just as they have since roe was overturned, now with more bans and surveillance, and the increase in homelessness due to a worsening economy, and everything in project 2025, and the education system butchering history by erasing things like slavery, raising another generation of ignorant people who will vote for the very people who stab them in the back... I can only hope with the fragments of my shattered hope that the things we fear to come were lies and fearmongering. To the people who think trump is going to fix everything: I hope you're right, I really do, I'd rather be wrong than suffer, but even if you are right, people will suffer, immigrants, poc, trans, women and girls... and my heart aches. It hurts and disgusts me to hear support for things like mass deportion from my own family... it's exhausting, the pain of the world is too much, I wish the world was kinder.

@emilytuffen1893 29 күн бұрын

Sending love from the UK. Its hard to know whether to hope and pray that somehow, miraculously, your new leader will listen to any ounce of goodness they may posess and make decisions from that place, or that they f*** it up so badly, absolutely tank the next few years so they stand no chance at the next election (as the Conservatives did here in the UK).

@TomiAnneTimm Ай бұрын

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

@alexh6322 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this, it helped a lot

@angelicarcturianmessagesan2830 Ай бұрын

I have seen this same dynamic play out on a microscale for many years and while it may seem as tho evil has prevailed in the moment, those tables ALWAYS turn in the direction of justice and truth. It will play out this way on a macro scale as well. Do not fret, change is coming. Just give it some time. 😉

@MarySSpeer Ай бұрын

I do hope you are right. trump is in dire need of some serious karma.

@bookNerd151 Ай бұрын

The thing is….. millions of people don’t have time. Perhaps you haven’t felt any of the dire consequences of the previous Trump presidency. I myself was in many ways shielded from the worst of it. Clients and friends opened my eyes. I’ve learned the hard way that left-leaning white people can unintentionally hold back true progress in these times. Many times I thought to myself ‘well, it doesn’t seem THAT bad’. Have you read Project 2025? Conservatives control all the branches of government now - they can do whatever they want. And they want some pretty terrifying things.

@antenor790 Ай бұрын

I think you maybe still don't see that the system is part of the problem.

@antenor790 Ай бұрын

Trump didn't win just because of bad people, but because Kamala lost, and that happens because Biden can't give the good days that you wait from him and Kamala still thinks bomb a civilians is normal. Because both Democrats and Republicans are paying by an elite to do what his elite think, it's better. That's why Biden does nothing about private equity or child label, one kid lost a hand, and the punishment for that is less than 2000 dollars. Not saying I prefer Trump, but he won trying to sell something "new" when the other side just said the same things, that's why the liar wins.

@CyeOutsider Ай бұрын

Even if thats that case, this hasn't helped.

@ClaraDarko Ай бұрын

Of course we all know the system is part of the problem. But putting an unfair system in the hands of a corrupt, greedy, selfish, cruel, ignorant person is not going to help.

@Kitti-c9b Ай бұрын

He acknowledge that, to be fair. He said that ticking the box was important, and a lot of good and evil can come from that collective decision. The point he’s making is that the system was never going to change just because we voted. That most of the change was always going to result from actual effort on our part. Civil rights didn’t happen because of JFK, though he was part of it. It happened because of all the ordinary people out there doing the work every single day. A lot of people are already doing it, and their work continues- as it would have needed to continue even if Harris had won. But a lot of us are busy, and tired, and were maybe kind of hoping our work could be showing up on election day and ticking a box, then getting back to the grind of our lives. Now we know that isn’t enough, and it never was. Not everyone can dedicate their lives to justice, but all of us can do *something*, and if we want meaningful change we need to figure out what that something is and go do it. Another KZbinr put it beautifully - that worry is an emotion one feels when they are afraid of an outcome beyond their control. We start to take back some measure of control over the outcome when we get to work, and that can play a huge role in alleviating the anxiety of the current moment.

@7Msmelanie Ай бұрын

"Freedom is a Constant Struggle" by Angela Y. Davis.

@gailboerwinkle9315 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@marpro212 28 күн бұрын

I’m starting to like this channel even more. People scapegoat “the system” for their problems. Lack of personal ownership and healthy self esteem. For most of the people having an emotional breakdown after election results, a week later in your life won’t look any different than a month earlier.

@alwayshydrated5372 Ай бұрын

I like you but this is a bad message. Where is the call to collective action ? You "choose love and reject violence"? well violence is already there. Are you going to be a defenseless creature and not fight back ? We need to stop this "When they go low, we go high" nonsense

@DanielaGlint Ай бұрын

I perceived it more as in: 1. the work of changing the world to a better place rests on all of us, not just the person that leads us. 2. Just because your person wasn’t chosen, it doesn’t mean all is lost. 3. Be gentle to yourself now, but continue the work of changing the world regardless who is in power. Personally, I kinda went catatonic in 2016. It was too much for me, but now I am better prepared and I stand down. I won’t go high.

@ScottAmbrose-rc2xq 27 күн бұрын

Evil? Pain? Dude, it was democracy in action.

@mochamommyATX Ай бұрын

We are going to be OK. TAKE this is the time to put energy and finances into the grassroots organizations that support education, childhood hunger, education and not candidates

@teezzmegee972 Ай бұрын

Why vote at all when both sides are guaranteed to continue the social, economic, educational, and just absolute decline of the country? It would've been better off if we all could've joined together no matter what gender, race, political leaning or whatever and finally tackle these issues in tis supposedly free society. It's all just oppression and fear here and I'm just so tired...

@BDFLdance Ай бұрын

Be the change you want to see and run for office.

@GardenFootCreature 18 күн бұрын

i think the trans/poc/impoverished perspective is super important when it comes to the outcome of this election. not at all the same stakes as most previous elections

@cloggerh888 18 сағат бұрын

With respect, this election was very different from other elections in recent history, and people in marginalized groups are terrified for extremely logical, valid reasons. Half of our country voted for a grapist who opened literal concentration camps on our southern border, who tried to stage a coup, who has threatened to deport millions of people, and whose cohort is already targeting and scapegoating trans people. I could probably go on for hours about why this election is different from others. Half the country was either so mad about "the economy" they didn't give a sh*t about the hellscape their fellow Americans are facing, and/or they were so incensed about a woman of color taking power they voted for said grapist and traitor. That has been a stark, nasty reminder of this country's real values, at least for me.

@Asher-mw3zo 7 күн бұрын

I am not American, but to all the Americans reading this comment, I am sorry about what happened. I know it’s painful to have a clown become your leader, but stay strong, hold on to hope for 4 years. You can do it! Trump will not be able to run in 2028 anymore, and hopefully by that time, a better candidate will come for your country. I wish nothing but the best for the innocent people in America.

@V1sual3y3z Ай бұрын

the baerskin ad before this was... ironic.

@AyJay53810 Ай бұрын

❤

@greatguytv Ай бұрын

24y11m Saturday after trump

@Emptytopfloor Ай бұрын

No. I have no compassion. None.

@duncannslade Ай бұрын

🫂

@brook_angel Ай бұрын

You're supposed to have compassion for your fellow people suffering, not the ones that brought this uppon us

@Nick-o-time Ай бұрын

"We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror."

@vivvy_0 Ай бұрын

@@Nick-o-time and the cycle repeats ad nauseam

@jayneb6053 Ай бұрын

@@vivvy_0 not really

@irisflora903 23 күн бұрын

@expatriarch Hey, I see what your saying and your emotions valid. But have you considered that people who are killed by our bombs may not care who is in office

@churrothiev8387 Ай бұрын

Angle?

@SamJean 17 күн бұрын

I usually like and agree with your videos, but this one missed the mark. It feels patronizing to be told such a flowery speech about how this happens every 4 years, better luck next time, like this was similar to any other election. It wasn't. So, yes, it's absolutely important that we support each other and care for each other going forward... and I'm not suggesting that we wallow in the grief more than we need to. But, respectfully - at least in my opinion - this speech was way too heavy on the creative writing/metaphors, and lacked real substance beyond "keep fighting the good fight." I don't usually feel that way from your content, so figured I would share my thoughts.

@timwhite7127 Ай бұрын

WE-B-SCREWED...

@lost_boy Ай бұрын

0:34 *Peace and justice, except for the Palestinians I assume?

@laurelgardner Ай бұрын

Aaaaaand I'm unsubbing after you described a neocon genocider as an angel who would heal wounds. It amazes me how y'all won't learn the lesson even now.

@meep5667 Ай бұрын

I thought that was sarcasm?

@maggie6152 Ай бұрын

Somebody doesnt understand hyperbole, metaphor, and sarcasm, i see.

@DrClock-il8ij Ай бұрын

The democrats are "imperfect angels" sure man lmfao

@RShaun Ай бұрын

Salvation vs destruction? The hyperbole is wild! I hope it’s as bad as you all believe so you can be right because otherwise you sound like crazy people.