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Dan Mckasty's avatar

There is a strange playfulness or maybe it's walking on eggshells the Dems are taking this term vs 2016. They are hitting the " they're defunding the police" note instead of " you're gonna spend 300$ a week feeding your grandparents because meals on wheels got frozen" for a reason. You're right for a group of people who campaigned on the horrors of project 2025 they could've fought back a little harder even for cheap theatrics. Very different than times before

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"The cavalry is quite simply not coming."

Simply put, but perfectly sums up what this moment feels like. I really admire your ability to capture the raw emotions and disappointments that many people are feeling, and then channel that energy into how we can build a movement that gets us to where we want and need to be. Despite how many people still remain married to the idea of "enacting change within our current system", something we can never give up on is being imaginative, innovative, but also adhering to the lessons of those heroes of the past. We've seen time and time again now that our current system and framework isn't going to provide those revolutionary avenues for us, and your Audre Lorde quote spoke to this perfectly as well. Democratic Party leadership have shown us how incapable they are of meeting the current moment, and at a certain point, it really is going to be up to us to make the change we want to see. Hakeem Jeffries can tweet about God sitting upon a throne all he wants, but at a certain point, you have to be willing to engage in the difficult work in order to protect and look after the most people possible.

"We have to be willing to change our minds. We have to be unafraid to change course towards a true path for liberation. After all, we are facing oblivion if we fail."

Mindset has been at the forefront of my mind lately, and trying to figure out how we can best help people see that another mindset and perspective is in fact possible. So many everyday people have been hammered and crunched by our capitalist framework over and over again - it can be hard to fault them for clinging onto whatever they deem as being "stable" - but that doesn't mean we should give up on them. People can be malleable when shit really begins to hit the fan, and I think you're spot on in addressing throughout this entire peace that our time to act, is now:

"If ever there were an opening to do something else, to create a structure that could mount a real resistance to Trumpian neofascism, this is it."

Thanks for another fabulous read Scarlet! You're providing everyday people with a lot to think about and consider with these pieces. Can't wait for the next one!

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