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There are a lot of people—millions, I'd suspect—who have only been holding on to normalcy against the hope that Trump would be over in 4 years.
People become unpredictable if they lose hope; it's possible these anti-democracy fascists haven't calculated just how unpredictable.
People become unpredictable if they lose hope; it's possible these anti-democracy fascists haven't calculated just how unpredictable.
I suspect it's possible Trump is an entirely unacceptable outcome for millions of of people. As in, millions of people will not accept that outcome, or the legitimacy of any system that allows such an outcome, or attempts to affect such an outcome.
He's unacceptable. He's death.
He's unacceptable. He's death.
I could be wrong, of course. More of us in the US have proven complacent than might have been hoped. And I, too, have disappointed myself many times with my own complacency.
But sea changes are possible. The atmosphere feels different to me now than it did 4 years ago.
But sea changes are possible. The atmosphere feels different to me now than it did 4 years ago.
It's my opinion Trump is simply not a survivable outcome for our country. If our courts, our congress, our constitution permit him as an outcome, I think it will mean the end of many things, including those institutions.
The end may come slow or fast, but it will be the end.
The end may come slow or fast, but it will be the end.
That outcome may be averted. We may elect somebody who, for all his faults, is not an white supremacist fascist, who actually exists in a recognizable version of reality.
Or, if not that, people may rise up against such an outcome, and end things quickly.
We might hope.
Or, if not that, people may rise up against such an outcome, and end things quickly.
We might hope.
But even if they don't, Republican nationalist fascism is built on unsustainable lies, with no basis in reality, that will not hold. Their demolition is inherent in their design. They will fail, because they are already failures.
Over time, it's not a survivable outcome.
Over time, it's not a survivable outcome.
I think it's appropriate for all of us to understand that an outcome that isn't survivable is also not acceptable, and to treat such an outcome accordingly, and to meet the challenges that rejecting such an outcome demands of us.
We might hope.
I hope we do hope, still.
We might hope.
I hope we do hope, still.
