• archonet@lemy.lol
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    1 month ago

    I guess “get fucked”, realistically speaking. I can’t afford to leave on my own, my social life is empty of anyone else I can depend on, and I will almost certainly have a target on my back as a gay guy – after they’re done with trans people, we’ll probably be next.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      my social life is empty of anyone else I can depend on

      This is a problem that needs fixing regardless of who’s elected.

      Why don’t you have a support network?

      • archonet@lemy.lol
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        1 month ago

        The only family I have supporting me right now doesn’t want to leave the country and can’t provide meaningful support from afar, meaning I have to stay here. And staying during a second Trump term could be dangerous very quickly indeed if I’m to believe even half of the insane shit coming out of Project 2025.

        other than my family, I just don’t have much luck making connections with other people, I get along better with dogs. Unfortunately, dogs don’t help pay rent. worse, if Trump wins another term, I would actually consider it dangerous to be openly gay. Not that I was getting dates anyways, but it means I probably won’t try anymore if it’s going to put me or my family at risk of harassment.

        I’m just trying to enjoy every day I have with my family and try not to panic too hard, now, mostly through distracting myself with weed and videogames. I don’t know how soon things will get bad, but I don’t think we have the resources necessary to protect us from what’s coming if he wins again. We’re struggling as is – I’ve lost my job recently, I had to go through cancer this past year, I’m depressed – I don’t also need to be shit-scared of how the election plays out. Even if he loses, so much is still so fucked with our country right now.

  • Andy@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    I’m shocked more people aren’t already better prepared for this, but it’s actually the same thing we should be doing now, and continue to do if Biden actually wins:

    Organize locally. Get hyperlocal. Organize your city, neighbors, block, building, workplace, and friend group. Establish mutual aid networks, take back city councils, county boards, and school boards from the stewards of landlords and big employers.

    Establish protection for those who need it, and plant the crop of future national leaders who will do the long overdue work of putting government to work for the masses. Make it harder for any president or governor to exercise state violence by getting our people in prosecutors offices and judgeships.

    The Democrats are not going to save us. Biden is just planning to go down with the ship. Absolutely vote for the lesser of two evils if you live somewhere where your vote matters, but recognize that the Democratic party is not an ally to the antifascist movement, because combating fascism conflicts with the interests of capital.

    That can change, but until it does, don’t put faith in them. Anything positive they do will be because power-players were replaced. And that starts in your own neighborhood.

    Edit: Since this has been well received, I want to say a quick word on third parties: don’t be afraid of them.

    Without getting into a lot of details, there are a lot of myths about the risks that third parties present, but before we parrot all of that, we should just acknowledge that there is no harm in listening to their platforms. It doesn’t make you a kook to hear ideas that often get suppressed by the mainstream, or to use third parties as a way to network and meet people. I think Jill Stein has a lot of useful things to say, and if a pollster asks me, I will gladly try to bump her numbers up so that she is harder to ignore. Don’t be afraid to do that.

  • Whirlygirl9@kbin.melroy.org
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    1 month ago

    Project 2025 The plan the Conservative have for our future

    This is for everyone that is taking the “oh well” stance… or the I’m going to wait it out stance… If you are unfamiliar with what the Republicans plan to do, I encourage you to look at the Project 2025 plan.

    Some highlights

    • slash funding for the DOJ
    • dismantle the FBI
    • decimate environmental and climate change regulations in favor of fossil fuels
    • eliminate the department of commerce
    • ending the independence of multiple federal agencies
    • abolish the department of education
    • scientific funding would be limited to pro-conservative principles
    • end abortion nationwide
    • infuse government with Christianity
    • criminalize pornography
    • removing protections against discrimination for sexual or gender identity
    • terminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs and affirmative action
    • the military would be used for domestic law enforcement
    • the arrest and detention of undocumented immigrants
    • speedy capital punishment

    Project director Paul Dans, a former Trump administration official, explained that Project 2025 is “systematically preparing to march into office and bring a new army, aligned, trained, and essentially weaponized conservatives ready to do battle against the deep state.”

    So, for fucks sake, can we stop saying that we can wait out Trump for another term. There won’t be an America left if there is another term.