we just don't know.
🕑 Added 2024-11-06 08:39:57 +0000 UTCso this is rough, and i'm still coming to terms with it myself.
the extent to which this was decisive was unexpected, right?
i mean, everything is an information bubble, but the polls showed a lot of promise, didn't they?
is there anything she could have done better?
is there anything he could have done worse?
does it even matter if it doesn't reach the tons of people who were surprised to see that biden was not the candidate?
so my takeaway from tonight is this:
we just don't know.
i see a lot of people jumping to extremes:
women's rights will be stripped.
gay rights will be eroded.
trans rights will be obliterated.
maybe.
but also we've already been here.
we got through 4 years, and all indications show that the orange man himself is not doing great.
will they even be able to implement everything they want to?
will we not fight like hell all the way down?
we lost the battle; too many wars rage on.
although it has implications, let's not make this harder on ourselves by jumping ahead of the reality.
evidently, we don't know what's going to happen,
so we may as well not haunt ourselves with it.
for today, let's take care of ourselves.
tomorrow, let's take care of each other.
that's all we have to do, one day after another.
you are not alone.
c: this sucks.
Comments
Amethyst Liddell
Thank you. That's basically it-- stay strong, stay safe. And help everyone else learn from our mistakes. If you don't mind saying, what country is that?
Sethur
I'm basically just a horrified bystander, as I live in Europe and am therefore not immediately affected. I'm scared about the long term consequences, though. US elections usually have ripple effects across the Atlantic. We will have an election in my country next year, possibly sooner as the current government-coalition is literally falling apart. And I am scared of that next election and what it might bring. For now, I wish you all the best. Stay strong, stay safe and let's look forward to better days.
ThatQuietGuy
Thanks. ...and yeah, this sucks.
