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Oh yeah.

Normal is always temporary, for better or worse.

But the thing about times of uncertainty is that they can be times or potential. Hope is a tricky and elusive thing but it's a damn bit more useful than surrender.

This kind of comment kinda drives me batty.

From the context of the post this comment was on I know that by 'normal' they mean the U.S. having more or less free elections.

Like, I fully agree that the possibility that democracy in the U.S. is currently in significant danger of failing, and I think we need to be acting as if that is the case. But what good does it do anyone to act as if democracy is already an impossibility? Ok. Let's imagine we find that elections in the US are gone. We either peacefully transition into a full fascist dictatorship, or we have some kind of civil war. I'm not sure how I, tumblr user and local dumbass Annacaffeina prepare for a civil war, other than accept I have to show up. If you wanna make a post about how to prep for life in civil war I promise I'll read it.

But my post was about voting, and I would much prefer to live in a democracy, and in a world where we prevent the complete dictatorial takeover. And I do believe we still have a shot at that! And that telling people it's pointless to try is damn near treasonous levels of irresponsible! You can't be out here telling people to give up on the concept of democracy! When I say to remember restoring the health of our country is going to take time and effort and you respond with Too Late what are you contributing to that downfall! I don't wanna hear it! I want to hear how you're willing to work toward a better country.

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This kind of comment kinda drives me batty.

From the context of the post this comment was on I know that by 'normal' they mean the U.S. having more or less free elections.

Like, I fully agree that the possibility that democracy in the U.S. is currently in significant danger of failing, and I think we need to be acting as if that is the case. But what good does it do anyone to act as if democracy is already an impossibility? Ok. Let's imagine we find that elections in the US are gone. We either peacefully transition into a full fascist dictatorship, or we have some kind of civil war. I'm not sure how I, tumblr user and local dumbass Annacaffeina prepare for a civil war, other than accept I have to show up. If you wanna make a post about how to prep for life in civil war I promise I'll read it.

But my post was about voting, and I would much prefer to live in a democracy, and in a world where we prevent the complete dictatorial takeover. And I do believe we still have a shot at that! And that telling people it's pointless to try is damn near treasonous levels of irresponsible! You can't be out here telling people to give up on the concept of democracy! When I say to remember restoring the health of our country is going to take time and effort and you respond with Too Late what are you contributing to that downfall! I don't wanna hear it! I want to hear how you're willing to work toward a better country.

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This is the incredibly frustrating thing about being a liberal in 2025. All of these things are true:

I want the country to move much more left than it has ever been

I understand that the vast majority of the country is not ready for that big a shift

I hear constantly from the online left that I am the reason that the country can't change because I am willing to vote for the areas of change we can get.

The data point I keep ruminating on from that article on election data that I shared yesterday is that 40% of the country is conservative, 40% is moderate, 20% is liberal. I don't know how I missed this information, but I was always under the impression that the liberal and conservative sides were more proportional. It's going to take me a minute to wrap my mind around "Oh, no, actually your thinking is in the minority and you are overwhelmed by conservatism." Not that I missed that there are many conservatives (I do live in Arizona, after all), but I just thought they were flashier and more aggressive and that's why they're so obvious. But I guess they really do have more people.

I sound naive, I know. I told my friend last night that I've been dealing with feelings of betrayal from my side since the election. Now I feel even more I can't trust anyone.

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hand in LOVEABLE hand we got this I PROMISE

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Azuki Furuya — The Three Graces (acrylic, oil, mixed media, on board, 2024)

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ROBERT WUN FW24 COUTURE

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Whispers of an Old Forest, oil painting by Mariusz Lewandowski

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sure

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1917 Fashions from "Le Miroir des Modes" magazine. From Mikki's 1900-1919 History Resource, FB.

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Elon is an arsonist.

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Weird and wonderful compilation of strange bird noises.

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one time I used the ben affleck smoking reaction image in the family group chat and my mom replied with the funniest possible response which was: "mommy doesn't know who the guy is???" and that phrase has not left my brain since. I'll see blorbos on my dash that I don't recognize and I'll be like well it seems mommy doesn't know who the guy is.

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Courage, Anxiety and Despair: Watching the Battle, 1850, by James Sant.

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