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In reply to the discussion: I can't get past this! [View all]lark
(25,039 posts)The America of the last few decades is gone, replaced by right wing fascism, greed and pure hate for the left and middle and poor classes. We are ok under todays' system, not on the brink of anything bad, but hair furher is bound and determined to destroy us. The only question is how far will he go and will we ever have another free and fair election or is all that gone with the ascendancy of eloon, pooty and grotesque orange.
Will they actually cut Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid when so many old white people that rely on these vote for them or will they give a fuck and let it be? Personally, we can't survive without them being retired as we are. Hubs is working part time to get good insurance because he needs a heart procedure and was goiing to retire full time afterwards. Will he be able to retire? My memory isn't great like it used to be and I can't go back to the high level I needed to do my job which was managing 3 departments at a large university medical billing place.
We are so fucked, I have no idea what it will even look like but I'm really freaked out about it. Don't want to watch, won't watch one second of regular tv Monday, streaming or silence and walking if I can, smoking pot to relieve anxiety and reading good escapist sci-fi. But after that, do i continue checking in here to see what's coming or just bury my head in fantasy and exercise? I almost feel compelled to watch, but since no one is protesting or doing anything to stop the roll, and there's nothing I can do personally other than boycott the trumpist and msm spew, I'm tending towards escapism until there is no escape at all. Then I will just try to survive or seriouly consider moving to another country.
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