Aw. So happy to see how it developed Cristina. ✨

Because, I DO really WANT to believe in it.
So I‘ll vote.
I love voting.
That time in the booth is the only time I feel like a true citizen.

Please vote & vote wisely.
Also, check on your migra-friends.
They‘re not ok. (10/10)

I just don’t want to fight FOR a broken system.
I can fight for other things: for fairness, equity, those who are disadvantaged by the system.
And I can fight FOR declaring it the right time to fix and rethink our democratic systems. (9/10)

I don’t have the answer.
Nothing „smart“ or intellectual to add.
And this chain of thoughts isn’t productive.
And maybe it’s ok to have nothing productive to contribute. (8/10)

It baffles me how much people think it’s the cure-all be-all. It is NOT.
And it won’t/can’t fix itself.
Unless maybe we make it the right time. And we dare to build a systems and learn to also criticize democracy as it currently stands. B/c how else will it get better? (7/10)

Democracy, as it is practiced today, is outdated. And it’s broken.
Because it’s built on broken systems.
It’s built on White Supremacy and patriarchal structures. It serves a certain group of people. And right now, we can see who it serves. (6/10)

I‘ve seen it before. Democracy eating its own tail when they made a „democratic“ Egypt and didn’t like the outcome.
It wasn’t the right time, they said.
The „right“ democracy. (5/10)

It’s not the right time to say:
Why don’t YOU fight for a change?
It’s not like they’ll ever kick YOU out.
And honestly. I don’t have the energy left
to fight.
But it’s not the right time. (4/10)

How much systemic & unspoken-but-vehemently-practiced discrimination & racism I experienced. And now, I’m supposed to fight. Stand up against fascism. B/c „never again is now“. Fuck this. „Never again“ has been happening as long as I could think. And when I stood up I was gaslit & belittled. (3/10)

And you know what sucks?
It’s not the right time to say, fuck this.
It’s not the right time to say I don’t WANT to fight for a country and its democracy that for my entire life has made it clear to me that it didn’t want me to be part of it. (2/10)

Without having you on the team, this probably would‘ve turned out to be a navelgazing bonanza. Also, „emoji-shaped cell cluster“ will forever be burnt into my brain as a turn of phrase thanks to you ✨

Aw! Josh!! Thank you ✨