Don’t worry, the aliens will come, and they’ll be oligarchs in their society too.

I’ll admit, my disbelief in afterlife really doesn’t make me fear death because while it’s boring, it’s only boring for everyone else. For the person dead it’s nothing. Boring is a sensation, and death has none of that either. It’s neither good nor bad, just nothing.

I dunno. SCOTUS has been quietly amassing power like the Executive Branch through the likes of the shadow docket. They’re another unchecked power that’s gone amuck, look at the fact they resisted the ethics. Their wording on presidential immunity is purposely vague, they get to decide what’s official with the POTUS, not the POTUS. There’s a high chance they use it to try to “Save” everyone when something particularly nasty comes up to try to get a good light on them and try to amass more power.

Of course… the problem with this plan is a distinct lack of enforcement power the SCOTUS has.

I can’t watch that movie. I don’t think I could deal with it. Which I know is ironic.

I for one welcome our Canadian overlords.

I mean… that’s probably (about as close as he has one) the plan…

Have two days of just absolute living it the absolute fuck up.

And buy a bottle of nitrogen and a non-rebreather mask.

Worked as an EMT. Dealt with plenty of angry drunks.

Not supporting the cocaine thing, just saying there’s been plenty of “I’m gonna kick your ass” and the sloppy fighting is negated by the pain not registering as badly drunks.

But it’s why I’m mad at weed being illegal. I’ve never once had a stoner try to kick my ass. It’s usually a lot of “Yes yes I know everything is wonderful will you get on the damn cot?”

Descent. Gabba Gabba Hey

God… I actually want this.

Absolutely an anti-Trump voter in a red state who works in the healthcare industry where most of my repairs come from Canadian parts.

I know it’s against the Canadian way but do not apologize. We voted this way, time to learn.

Fucking hell, I’m supporting Nestle on a situation?

I want off this fucking roller coaster.

No no no, States Rights was never about owning people.

The CSA constitution outright said states couldn’t make laws stopping people from owning people.

States Rights came up post LBJ with the Republican Southern Strategy to tell all the former dixiecrats ‘You should vote for us because the national government took away your states rights to legally be racist shitbags’

I’m in the US. Fucking make it hurt. Maybe it’ll make the shitstains finally learn, or at least kill off enough that this shit won’t be a worry in the near figure.

Is it gonna suck for me? Yup. But it is anyways, so instead of the frog in the pot lets flambe this shit.

Dunno, I remember those days.

I remember commenting how we were a pretzel away from President Cheney…

Then again I remember Cheney being the “He picked him as a running mate to be a body shield because I’d take a bullet for W just to stop that from happening.” Unfortunately now we’re in the era where Cheney is the sensible politician (I threw up in my mouth a little when I just typed that last bit)

I’m sorry you’re getting the thoughts you didn’t vote, but I’ll admit I’m very much in the “Enjoy the collapse, losers!” territory so at least I’ll express mine, hopefully it helps make sense, and honestly, I appreciate your feeling to try to do better. If you figure out a way to move forward, fantastic. I just remember the top post of a comment when Trump won however and it so truly fits, “I’m tired, boss.”

I have been fighting to get people to vote for years, trying to keep them involved. Not trying to get to vote every 4 years, but every year, local stuff, this shit is important, people need to stay up on it. I’m considered a news hound amongst people I know… I listen to the morning news on the 30 minute commute to work, that’s how much time I put in to the news, that’s it. It’s not hard. Some days I say fuck it and listen to an audiobook.

People I’ve known who vote R, lets be honest, they went through the last Trump era and learned nothing. I remember back in the W. era people saying it should be illegal to speak against the president, who turned around and called Obama a muslim who should be deported. End of Trump era I knew republicans who were just starting to get it, maybe healthcare is fucked, maybe a lot of big corpo things are the problem… but immediately turned around and jumped right back in to Trumps circle the moment it came around “I couldn’t just vote for Kamala” just like “I just couldn’t vote for Hillary” and so on. Hell my state voted to repeal the strictest abortion ban and make abortion legal in the state, but still voted pretty much straight R despite a history of the party overturning ballot initiatives “Because the voters didn’t know what they were voting for.” So yes… after years of this, there’s the tribal “If you’re republican, you can go fuck yourself with a pineapple” especially as this collapse is coming.

On the non-voters. I’m sorry, I consider them just as culpable. In 2016 at least Trump was a… well anyone who paid fifteen minutes of attention knew what he was about but fuck it, I’ll give the people who said “Fuck it lets try something new” a bit of a pass. This time, there were no surprises on the table. You had Kamala, which yes was about as dead standard democrat as you got, and you got Project 2025 Trump back with a vengeance. Those that say “I didn’t vote for Trump” but by doing so stayed home gave their voice to “meh” and whatever happens they agreed to it. People I directly know who were in this, I know of one at least in a gay marriage, a few hispanic workers, and a trans individual, all who were “I’m just not interested in politics.” Well, suddenly they’re REALLY interested in politics. And many wanting to “rise up”, well I’m not going to trust someone who couldn’t be faffed to even do the basic fucking minimum to try to prevent things to watch my back when shit hits the fan.

So yes, we’re all hosed and anyone who didn’t see it coming had their heads so far up their own asses in the past 8 years they’ve proven they can’t be taught. I’m sitting in the fire too, I’m not going to like the collapse. But after years of the fighting and still witnessing the apathy, my empathy is dead. The tribalism is useful, these were the people who were willing to do the basic minimum to resist, so maybe we can actually help each other. I’ll help them as I can. The others I expressed about, no, I don’t want bad to happen… but at least the schadenfreude can be a little bit of light through some very dark times coming. Don’t weep for the stupid, you’ll be crying all day.

I’m sorry, might be jaded but what you’re saying about welcoming anyone who wants to add to resistance was how I was in 2020.

And I watched the same idiots where were complaining about his policies in 2019 go vote for him again this time.

They’ll be mad to get people to accept them right up until the choices come back then goosestep in party line again. Fuck em.

Work in medical too, but work in the lower sections with the blue collar workers while living in the bible belt. They’re all Trump fans and think this is all great.

The best advice I have is find your people, the ones you know who’ve been against this (not the non-voters, they folded to apathy, and will fold when the going gets tough) and start working on survival plans. Gardens, mutual aid, mutual defense, how to hide those in danger ESPECIALLY if you’re the cishet white guy. Build the community as best you can.

This is not some big overall “Fight the bastions to overthrow” but right now as a regular schmuck in the middle of nowhere, right now this is what we have.

Those that don’t think spiders are cute hasn’t seen a jumping spider wearing a water droplet like a jaunty hat.

Screw it. If I had limitless wealth time to see if ending homelessness is possible with every bit of it I can.

What I want for me is a stable living situation, fun times on a motorcycle, and time to do hobbies without killing myself at work and to travel. My secondaries are those things for the people I care about. Other than the killing myself at work, that sort of thing is obtainable without being a millionaire.

So after that, throwing billions into building affordable housing seems like the plan, combat these scalpers that overdo rent and see if I could beat the countries, then the worlds goal of “stable living situation”. After that… figure out what’s next.