I know we’re all feeling doom and gloom but can we get a thread of some wins/good news from last night?
In Missouri, a red state…
Missourians vote to increase minimum wage, require paid sick leave
Maybe we’ll finally wake up and realize this country was not built on good intentions and is operating as intended.
Almost like it’s on sacred Indian burial grounds.
I needed that chuckle. Thanks.
What was it before that, though?
Sacred Indian living grounds with a few burial grounds here and there.
Best I’ve been able to explain it is that it’s a country build on hope and dreams, which are not compatible with reality and truth.
Colorado enshrined the right to abortion and removed anti-gay marriage language from their constitution.
Liberals are ripe for radicalization and joining Leftists. Not all, of course, some are shifting rightward, but many are disillusioned and shifting left.
For anyone reading, I can give a basic intro to Marxism reading list if you want. For starters, I recommend Blackshirts and Reds. To know fascism, who it serves, how it rises, and how to stop it is immensely useful.
Just want to say: Thanks for your perennial civility as well as continuing to offer learning resources for people interested in any “sect” of leftist ideology.
Appreciate the kind words! It’s a tender time, liberals are both more open and more closed to radicalization, depending on how they are interacted with. Lenin has a fantastic quote:
Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.
In shining light on the causes of evil, illustrating ways out of these darker times, and in teaching how to properly struggle against evil, we can radicalize numerous liberals and strengthen solidarity.
I’d say that despair is also common for those of us who have been painfully aware of the causes.
Simply being aware is not enough, we must identify the way out and struggle for it.
Nebraska got weed and another state elected the first openly transgender U.S. Representative. Tlaib retained her seat.
Also, I learned that a grade school classmate won a state rep seat in one of the midwest swing states earlier and that’s good news to me, at least.
Mark Robinson lost in NC?
Massachusetts passed an unprecedented measure allowing ride share drivers to unionize.
Washington got a really awesome governor.
The heat death of the universe will eventually come
Can we accelerate that timeline? Say to like Jan 20, 2025 (let the kids enjoy one last chance at any snow we might be lucky enough to get)?
We kept our democratic congresswoman, and the tax to help the schools passed.
Hopefully liberals will wake up and see they can’t beat fascism, they have to embrace leftism if they want to beat it.
The people want populism and they no longer want the status quo. The right capitalized on this while the liberals went the moderate-right route, and it failed them. The only solution left is to embrace left wing politics. Unfortunately, I doubt the democrat party will be to keen on the idea of becoming left wing.
Out of 10 pro abortion state measures 7 passed (one still undecided i think), and only 1 anti abortion measure passed.
Good news is we don’t have much time left
We won’t have to vote any more, so all those people who never wanted to vote in the past won’t need to worry their little heads any more.
Well, you won’t have to remember Election Day, because this was the last time you will be able to vote on a national level.
