A commentator I follow regularly says "remember that people with less institutional power than you are never the source of your problems."

I think it's partly because, at the end of the day...

1. The majority of dems are still from the conservative upper crust with a skewed idea of national opinion

2. Are more focused on pleasing rich (conservative) donors than their constituents.

It's... really hard to look at this country and say it's salvagable playing within its rules when you realize that it was the system working as designed that brought us to this point.

Which doesnt mean we give up. It means we widen our tactics.

Like how bad do you have to be for this bigoted SCOTUS to go "nah actually you're too homophobic. Go home."

But the sheer prevalence of "inconsequential" misinformation also serves to erode trust in everything we see. And thats before we get into those that act as a pipeline to more harmful lies, or can get people hurt.

They will take the win we got in the elections last week and completely reverse momentum. It's such a bad move a saboteur wouldn't have thought of it because it would've been too obvious.

Like, they shouldn't be surprised if it results in riots.

To cave now would be the most rake-stepping, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory move imaginable.

Oh hey look its a fren

Speaking as someone who teaches and, ya know, lives in the real fucking world.

Yes we absolutely do accomodate not because we have to, but because we want to.

What motherfucking dogshit parents want a world less enjoyable for their kids, ya know?

It's amazing how many people accept it as normal. Same as the idea that we can have openly partisan groups decide voting districts.

I cannot stand dismissive irony and nonchalance. I love people who are excited and passionate about shit. People who *care.* It makes life brighter.

100% I would, yeah.

When they stop demonizing the poor and marginalized, maybe we'll consider it... but proooobably not.

I'm pretty hyped over here.

Kinda feels like the studios' fault, really. They just keep type-casting him.

I absolutely love when its obvious a writer just went full bore into something they dig. No concern for publishability or marketing to trends, just "I like this thing, and if you dont like this sorta thing, read something else." I feel the occult mystery shtick is deep in that.