cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1235213/how-do-you-keep-yourself-sane-and-happy-while-1-right-wing-fascists-are-getting-powerful
How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?
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Resist. Join a protest, help out with a campaign or org, pushback when you see it online. Everything, no matter how big or how small counts. It increases the net good in the world and it also helps your own mental health.
How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?
That’s the fun part, we do
Spite, malice, alcohol and the willpower to outlive those fascist bastards. 🤷♀️
I’m also doing shitloads of music…
Bonus: I slap a “free all Palestinian prisoners” sticker onto street lamps every now and then.
Yeah, thought that in 2024.
Oops.
Let me know when it actually manifests into reality, accountability, and jail times.
I have serious doubts that even with a “blue wave” the fuckass Dems will actually DO anything useful.
If you contribute to making it happen you won’t need anyone to clue you in when it does.
But on the other hand centrist elites have displayed nearly zero will to resist the fascist consolidation of power, so I wouldn’t count on this trend translating into a long-term decline. I’m betting on a fascist coup around the midterms and little to no effective popular response, but even if that doesn’t happen the fascists are gonna come back in 2032 unless something fundamentally changes.
What kind of midterm coup are we talking and how will it be implemented?
Have you signed up to be a poll worker yet? Are you running for something? Are you organizing for your candidates if you’re not running? What else is your plan besides voting, if you plan to vote at all?
What kind of midterm coup are we talking and how will it be implemented?
I mean, really anything from putting ICE in polling stations to arresting Enemies of the State™ to manufacturing a crisis and using the Insurrection Act. It’s Netanyahu syndrome; if Trump is ever out of power he might actually get thrown in jail for his various crimes, and of course he wants absolute power and this is his last chance to get it. Therefore the question is who or what will stop him, and you’ve seen how the non-far right political leadership has been these last two years. Now my point isn’t that it’s all hopeless and there’s no point in trying, but that the mode and intensity of trying will have to rise up a few notches for the whole protecting democracy thing to work.
Have you signed up to be a poll worker yet? Are you running for something? Are you organizing for your candidates if you’re not running? What else is your plan besides voting, if you plan to vote at all?
Does being born on the other side of the world count?
Trump’s approval rating is at an all time low.
Democrats are ahead in every kind of generic polling and midterms will be a disaster for Republicans.
Trump is so unpopular even within his own party that he can’t get legislation like the SAVE act through.
Federal courts have been blocking and reversing this administration’s actions left and right.
Democrats have flipped hundreds of R seats at all levels of government since 2024, Republicans have flipped one or two.
Democratic Socialists, riding on the success and popularity of Mamdani, have gained a lot of steam and won several elections and we’re seeing probably the biggest wave of socialism ever in the US.
Thanks. I don’t know exactly what all that amounts to being from overseas, but if Hungary can oust Orbán then I hope the same is possible in the US. My only concern is that in spite of Trumps low rating, those people might still want MAGA, just with a different face/diaper.
Midterm polling seems to favour Democrats over Republicans.
I think it’s more a generic cost of living rising that punishes whoever is in charge rather than disliking any authoritarian policies that drives the polling numbers.
I just try to keep in mind that even though shits rough right now its still better than just about any time in the history of humanity for the largest number of people. The fact we want better is good and is the only way we will get it. That said, trying to keep the historical context of quality of life is helpful. Less time in doom areas of the internet. I also do a good bit for my local community (volunteering and donating some things I produce on my farm)
By remembering how bad the past sucked. How much better off I am as a woman now, than at almost any time in the past - even if we are going in the wrong direction, still better off than even my mom was. My mom was alive for the integration of schools, alive when women could not open bank accounts in her state, we have made plenty of progress. Violence is less than 1/10th of what it was here when I was a kid.
Yes inequality sucks, because there are now enough resources for everyone. But it doesn’t suck like the middle ages, or the 1930s, or any time before that.
Hobbies, such as photography. Which brings me to my question…
Anyone know what camera, lens and film-stock (or if digital, what settings) were used to capture that look in the screenshot posted? I love it. It’s a still from “The Mastermind” and I haven’t been able to find any technical specs on the production.
Hello professional camera operator here! I do live events instead of movies but it appears the Mastermind was shot on an Alexa 35 digital camera. They used post effects to recreate the look of an older film camera. Honestly shooting digital and then using filters to mimic the film effect is way eay easier then shooting with film. Especially in low light conditions. Hope this helps!
Find a supportive and fulfilling community that is trying to make things better locally. I’ve found this at my Unitarian Universalist (UU) church. UU’s don’t believe in a shared religious text, instead they have a core set of shared values. During World War 2, UUs helped Jewish people and other oppressed peoples escape the Nazis to other countries with a system of safe houses and creating travel documents. They identified safe houses with a flaming oil chalice in the window, which is now the main symbol of UUism.
My church has people who identify as atheist, Christian, several types of pagan, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, etc. We celebrate religious holidays from all of them as well as secular holidays like Trans Day of Visibility and Earth day. The focus is on being together and trying to make the world a better place. There’s active volunteer groups for hunger relief, housing support, the environment, and LGBTQ support. I also really like the music program. There’s a handy website to find a congregation near you, many stream services on Zoom so you can test them out before going in person. They can vary a lot based on the members of each congregation.
By actively opposing those three things. Get involved. It is fun. Get the next mamdani elected
By not living in the US, stopping reading American news, and focusing on improving the small slice of the world that I can.
How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?
Leaning into the former and channeling it into real world action with a community helps with the latter.
Cannabis. Lots and lots of cannabis.
Also spending time in communities with other people targeted by the regime and organizing resistance. Those are probably more important lol
I am not in the US, and judging by your username, we might even live in the same country. Yet, at the last election, about a third of the voting populace voted far right or fascist.
To be honest, I do not really know how to cope expect being openly against the Dumb Right.
This is the way. I’m also hopeful because I see more and more people not keeping quiet anymore when the openly racist neighbours or coworkers open their mouths. And I’m hopeful that Wilders will decide to retire in the near future, fractioning the right into seven or more one issue parties.
Our algorithm’d politicians and fellow citizens are building a USA from the inside, unfortunately.
