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Some unsolicited advice:

I'm sure plenty of you are pretty upset about the election results, and that's OK. You're allowed to grieve. Fascism blows. But don't wallow in depression for days on end. In the end the only thing that we really have is each other, and let me tell you, being sad really sucks when you don't have anyone else who gets it like you do. So...

Go. Make. Some. Friends.

Build your community. One you feel safe and accepted in. Find people you can count on (and who can count on you) when things get rough.

I say this as someone who had almost nobody but some family (who still didn't 'get' it) in 2020 when things really sucked as well.

Find friends who are into helping others out. Seek out mutual aid groups (Food Not Bombs as an example) and/or people who would want to do that kind of work. The founder of my FNB chapter literally started out with a grocery cart of produce on a street corner with some friends handing it out.

Try to think outside the box of your current situation:

Why do we even let these politician fucks tell us what to do? Is the traditional family something that is really benefiting you? What other systems might benefit us better than what exists right now?

Question how things are. Do they need to remain like this in your life?

Want to leave the country? Go for it. I don't blame you at all. But when you arrive at your new place do the same things talked about above.

Revolution doesn't have to be all guillotines and molotovs.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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[–] femtech@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

Yep, I have my server of people and we are supporting each other. Planning a day out at a park with friends and their kids.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

I feel like this is a great reminder that you can only really change what you can control. Live your life with your values. Get a job that makes you feel worthwhile if you can. Spend time with friends in real life and online who live the same life as you.

Volunteer at local events and make where you live as best as you can. Focus on local politics and issues since you can control them more. Go out and make the world you want

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Revolution doesn't have to be all guillotines and molotovs.

But can it be?

[–] AlmightyTritan@beehaw.org 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hard to build and use a guillotine without a buddy who knows carpentry and a cheering crowd of folks!

Plus organizing means a bunch of people to ask for glass beer bottles for molotovs!

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

Plus organizing means a bunch of people to ask for glass beer bottles for molotovs!

Yeah but glass beer bottles much more of a pain to deal with. Always worried they'll get shattered

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, if someone lives in Texas (or a similar place) they can certainly try to create a tiny bubble of community in the middle of an ocean of drooling, hateful sadists that want to kill them. You may wind up searching for the rest of your life for even one like-minded person -- and if you put a foot wrong, you may find yourself in deadly danger instead. It might be better to run for your life, if you can.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 1 points 4 hours ago

Leaving your current area to find new friends is also a strategy if you have the means to do it.

[–] dontgooglefinderscult@lemmings.world 7 points 2 days ago

You're exactly the person that needs to touch grass.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 12 points 2 days ago

Yes. Go out. Touch grass. Become one with its roots. Learn how they grow and replicate.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 2 days ago

I like your way of thinking. It's similar to what I've been saying to people in the aftermath as well.

Build your community. When the shit has hit the fan in the past, it's the communities that stand together who make it.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the perspective.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 2 days ago

It's a concerningly lovely day in the western basin. Shit is rough for me financially, but I'm gonna go out and run some errands before work tonight. I'm curious to see what the crowd will be like at the bar, especially since it has been so dead recently.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

Well said!