The occasions of the previous few days have me switching consistently between grief and rage over the truth that the US re-elected a person whose social gathering and insurance policies are aiming to trigger hurt to so many individuals in each marginalized teams and the individuals who voted for him.
I do know that there are lots of people who voted to stem the tide of unchecked crony capitalism and fascism, however it deeply bothers me that so many both don’t appear to comprehend what they’re unleashing upon the world or don’t appear to care. Some issues are primarily based on very disparate perception methods, and a few are simply aggravating nonsense. Do individuals actually need the FDA to not exist, proper as we’ve got lethal illnesses contaminating chilly cuts and quick meals—issues which can be most reliably eaten by working class individuals?
We have already got unavoidable local weather change taking place at a price sooner than predicted, and now we’re getting an administration that both doesn’t imagine it’s actual or is aware of however would reasonably line their very own pockets and that of companies and billionaires. Then there are individuals who escaped authoritarian governments in different elements of the world who don’t appear to comprehend what’s coming for them, or imagine that they’re secure as a result of they’re the “good ones.” Whether or not it’s the mannequin minority fable or the precise perception that one’s proximity to whiteness will defend them, I’m anxious that too many individuals will understand that they’re nonetheless seen as an “different.”
For some, a horrifying future is definitely what they need. Others probably simply centered on what they assume would preserve them secure and safe. I perceive that it’s laborious to consider higher issues when issues like the price of a meal have risen to untenable ranges. However, the outcome is similar, and I fear for myself and those that will face far higher challenges than I probably will.
In my month-to-month replace publish for November, I inspired individuals to vote and didn’t give any suggestions. I felt it wasn’t my place, and that so long as I’ve made my place identified, that was for the very best. I sorely underestimated how poorly precise information reaches individuals, in comparison with propagandistic cable information and social media scams. Persons are subsisting on a junk weight-reduction plan of conspiracy theories and disinformation, they usually don’t even understand it. Gen Z voted properly in favor of the suitable, and that’s the saddest factor to see of all as a result of it means we as adults failed to coach them.
Whereas not apolitical, I’ve saved Ogiue Maniax comparatively gentle on politics as a result of I wished it to at the beginning be an area to speak about my hobbies. That’s nonetheless my intent, however I now perceive simply how a lot precise factual data is solely not reaching individuals. I believed I might depart that facet of the combat to others, solely to now understand that I can’t take data without any consideration. I believed that ignoring the issues would reduce their attain, however all that actually occurred was that the affect bought stronger.
In order restricted as my attain is, I really feel that if there’s a subject I can deal with in a method that I believe might contribute to a greater world, I ought to most likely do it. I simply hope I’ve the braveness to all the time communicate fact to energy. And I’ll attempt to do extra exterior the weblog too—as a result of I can not often count on individuals to come back to me.
