I’ve already mailed in my ballot, and I volunteered to be a poll worker (though they haven’t gotten in touch). With a week (maybe two) to go before we get the result, I feel caught in a limbo. It feels more important to me to be copying my important documents and organizing go-bags to be ready for a crisis than it does to do anything at work. I also recognize that that is probably a reaction to stress and anxiety and isn’t helping me. That said, I’m part of many groups that the right-wing hates and is openly threatening, so feeling unsafe doesn’t feel unreasonable either.
How are you all holding up out there? And tips for me to deal with this better?
Ignoring it.
Bought a farm a few years back in northern Europe, it’s beautiful, wife and kid moved, I’m communiting.
If shit hits the fan I’ll be there, but some part of me has faith in my country, and even if the trash take over, I think we’ll somehow survive.
Wife is thrilled to be out, kid is doing great. It’s basically America but better, except without Amazon.
Besides, I survived the south, and I was a kid back then. I’ve seen their bigotry naked when they were strong and I was weak, i have no fear for them anymore. And if civil war does break out? I am an extraordinary engineer, particularly when it comes to military drones. Parry that with your crappy ar15 you filthy casual.
It helps knowing you literally can make a difference if you absolutely have to, so I recommend picking up a useful skill if you didn’t during covid.
I left Canada when the politics started to mirror that of America’s. Went to Europe, and while there are a lot of problems here as well (an increasing amount to boot), I’m happier overall.
Around 2008, basically all the Texans who screwed up US politics saw their gravy train ending and ran north to exploit Alberta’s new oil.
I’m sorry, but it’s like apologizing for locusts.