krashmo

That's fair. We seem to have largely given up on police reform in general. I guess they wore us down and we've accepted it.

I give a shit and I believe a lot of others do as well but what practical difference are you expecting that to make? There's not exactly a feelings poll taken before a cop shoots a person, much less a dog.

One might argue that is the biggest problem we face

So did I but unfortunately we lost. That's democracy in action. The country we live in (the collective we) asked for this.

I don't have any good advice for you. My company held an all-hands call today during which the CEO said "Now that the election is behind us we can look forward to political stability", among other equally insane things. You could say I'm feeling pretty down about the whole situation as well.

I know what you mean but he does, quite literally, speak for us now. This is what we asked for.

People: America is too racist to elect a black man.

Black man runs as a progressive and wins two consecutive elections handily.

People: America is too misogynistic to elect a woman.

Two women run as neo-liberals and lose, one gets crushed.

People: See? Women are too controversial.

If our politicians require coaxing to defend democracy then we've already lost it.

Are we spinning the actions of fascists as some sort of secret protection of democracy now? Because what you just said sounds crazy to me. 100% of so called reasonable Republicans have already left the party. The people who remain are corrupt without exception.

Hello fellow Montanan. I wish you well in your journey. There are more of us than you might guess but it does feel like a losing battle a lot of the time

It doesn't matter as much what Trump is planning to do with his powers. He's old and on the way out whether he likes it or not. The real problem is what the people set to take over when he's gone plan to do with them. Does Trump set up his successor or does his ego force him to shut the door behind him? Our best chance at normalcy in a post Trump world might just be that he's so unbelievably mean spirited that he takes his potential rivals down with him when the time comes.

They already have started doing that