"...and the Worst Is Yet to Come"

[SHRED]

Election Reflection: White Anger, Racial Violence, Economic Despair—and the Worst Is Yet to Come
A journalist's dark view from flyover country.

Once this gets going, if you look at the history of fascist of authoritarian states, it moves extremely quickly. It seems to be that everything is normal, and then little things creep in and then once they have power they will abuse it.

People keep saying wait until 2018, wait until 2020. I don’t think we have that much time to try to mitigate the damage that he’s going to do because it will be extreme and it will move very quickly. So really, the time is now. The time to call your representatives, to mobilize with your community, to look out for your neighbor and to think, wait what kind of person are you? What kind of country are we? What does it mean to be an American? What does it mean to be a good citizen? What does it mean to be a patriot? To me, that means you stand up for each other. You work for each other. If your government is doing something that you find morally objectionable, that seems unconstitutional, if your government is not being transparent, if it’s putting open, white supremacists as the chief judges, you should say yes, this is not normal. This is not American values, and then go from there. Work with your own communities locally and also try to contact people nationally to share your concerns. If you are concerned about it, and I really think you all should be. It’s not partisan. If you’re a Republican listening to this, you’re just as susceptible to these things as a Democrat. There’s really nobody who’s immune, except for the team of wealthy elites and backers that are with Trump.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/election-reflection-white-anger-racial-violence-economic-despair-and-worst-yet-come

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Time is running short.


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[liberal N proud]

1. This country's only hope is December 19th

And an electoral college that sees a threat great enough to do their jobs.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Don't count on that. It won't happen.

What has to happen must come from the bottom up - people organizing and being extremely watchful.

[SHRED]

3. They'll be "watchful"

Unfortunately in front of their TV sets.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. That's what worries me.

But there is a lot of grass-roots organizing going on already in my area and I hope elsewhere. That's our only hope; it sure as hell won't come from the incompetent and clueless DNC.

[liberal N proud]

6. I know

[kebob]

5. Properly-Programmed Republican Robots?

No. We have to fight the incoming tyranny. (Yeah, I think it's time for us Democrats to start using that word against Trump.)

[0rganism]

7. faithless electors aren't going to save us from this

even on the very slim and unlikely chance that the EC voted against Trump, congress could override the electoral vote anyway

it's time to face the music and take your next step, whatever it may be

[Grey Lemercier]

9. the House will just void the EC votes, if they switched some from Trump

He is going to be POTUS starting January 17th, 2017, unless he were to pass away before then, which is not going to happen.

[yuiyoshida]

8. Right Now I am watching the TV Series

MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, the fictional series about what Had happened if Germany had won World War II. Imperial Japan owns the West, and every thing past the neutral Zone belongs to the Nazi's.

Its a scary place they have created, even for one such as me, who is of Japanese ancestry. I can't imagine it was any fun living in Japan during World War II. Especially hearing about the fire bombing of Tokyo, and other places.

But that aside, the idea of living under fascism, depicted in this TV series is very scary. Everyone is suspect, even if they are considered loyal to the regime in place. I wonder if we will live in a similar world soon, and wonder how we all will maintain in a country that is run like the former Soviet Union.

Its a horrible thought and some how we have to get though these next four years, and plan to take it back, if there is anything left.

[Grey Lemercier]

10. watched it all last year, superb show

[Initech]

12. It's no longer fiction. The Neo Nazis (alt right) won.

Whether or not the West Coast secedes is another story. But the Man In The High Castle isn't fiction anymore - Trump is the Man In The High Castle, and his supporters are the Nazis.

[Initech]

11. I'm starting to think Yoda was right.

"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."

Fear = George W. Bush administration, 9/11
Anger = Republicans under Obama
Hate = Trump
Suffering = Post-Trump (???)

What's after suffering?