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Ever since I became politically aware, I’ve had a hard time being on board with empty patriotism–a super selective, myopic and falsely ‘rosey’ view that excludes a very large part of the reality of what America is—so when the concept of ‘making America great again’ comes up, I have to ask the question that so many ask…..’when were we great’? I’m sure some are ready to tell me to leave if I don’t like it here, which of course is lazy and absurd(and if you can’t imagine why, then you have no sense of reality and completely lack imagination ). Don’t get me wrong—I’ve enjoyed my life here in the ol’ US of A, and I’ve always seen potential for something much better…. But then I was born white, male, and cis—and that’s what this country caters to. However, one of my primary core beliefs is the concept of fairness, and this country is far from fair, even though it likes to wave that hypocritical flag of morality and equality.

To so many, these last years have been devastating, disappointing, and brutal—a backslide of hard earned progress. This country has always been controlled by the super wealthy, as privilege is always for sale here. From early on wealthy capitalists controlled the system. The Industrial era of the late 1800’s really depicts how America would be ‘great’ from that point until now—when Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan funded the election of 1896 to install their puppet, McKinley(sound familiar?). Over time, we saw a very slow movement toward ‘fairness’ and ‘open mindedness’, but we can now see that the same old $hit has always remained seething under the surface.

I have been so disheartened to see that such a big part of the population would cut their own throats to ‘own the libs’…. F’king ridiculous….. I have never voted out of spite and vengeance… I have never wished ill feelings on anyone who has a different view of life than me(I just don’t interact with them). It is true that no matter which party one votes for, we are all voting for someone who is beholden to the people that funded them—really it’s simple bribery! Call it what you like, but that’s one of the biggest issues with the whole damn thing. However, there is one party that at least has tried to slightly balance their policies to be inclusive(and let’s not go back in history please when the parties were sort of opposite what they are now…deflective bull$hit will not be catered to)—but now we have an administration that isn’t even transparent about what they are doing, and we have a literal cult that will ignore completely objective information to support their ‘guru’ who constantly lies(provably). We have an enormous amount of people who despise education, take pride in ignorance, believe the stupidest conspiracy b.s., derive joy from being vengeful and hateful(they won and they are still angry, because they have always been angry and will always be that way—they just want to suck everyone into their misery)…and they have allowed for the implementation of the most corrupt and morally bankrupt administration I’ve been witness to in my many, many years on this planet. I have never seen such a polarizing presidency—one side will always be disappointed with the outcome, but presidents are supposed to be leaders of the entire nation, yet we now have someone who demonizes half the population rather than trying to unite and inspire—the great divider.

The year I was born was when the Civil Rights Act was signed–this state still had segregation, and racism still ran rampant throughout the entire country …. When I was 10, only then could my own mother finally have her own credit card—the eternal American patriarchy.  These are the times that were/are considered ‘great’?….c’mon!! I remember in grammar school, we were being taught what ‘conservative’ and ‘liberal’ meant… the super simple definitions we were given were: conservatives want to preserve the ‘status quo’(we had to be told what that meant too..haha), and liberals wanted change. It seems to me things have really flipped: conservatives are the ones who want radical change(only they want regressive change), and liberals are trying to protect any progress toward equality that has been established glacially over time(which doesn’t seem ‘radical’ at all)…. Funny too….conspiracy theories once tended to be far left ideas, but now they seem to belong to the far right….

Anyway… crank up this song, jump up and down, throw things if you need to…. This time in history sucks…we all have to be active in demanding a correction in direction… we have to take a more active stance here…going to a ‘no kings’ day is not gonna do it…maybe we do have to cancel our Amazon accounts, Netflix, etc….(and yes, I know…here I am using Zuckerberg’s platform)… I don’t want to do without things that make life more convenient , but we might have to in order to  make an impression on those oligarchs who are profiting from this chaos— those who have bought the current policy that is definitely not favoring the many in favor of the few. This time in history has sucked a lot of the inspiration from the amazing people I’ve known and befriended—it is a joyless, soul sucking time for anyone who strives for actual equality…. MAGA have always been joyless and spiteful—and they still are now. It is high time we stop praising and admiring wealth hoarders… the billionaire class is just a gross display of addiction, not something to hold in esteem. Problem is, their addiction affects more than just their immediate families….it is a cancer to this nation. Life is short, and it should be enjoyed in its wide array of experiences—we should all focus on making it easier and less stressful for the many. Let’s turn this puppy around…. Let’s aim for what is possible instead of being conned into supporting what has been.