Comment by aestheticathletic on 06/11/2024 at 23:29 UTC

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Honestly, I'm a white woman in a solidly blue state, in a solidly blue city, and all I could feel was sad for other women and minorities in other parts of the country, and undocumented individuals who will suffer and have much more to lose than I do.

Silver linings I see:

• I have a political scientist friend who believes the GOP will fuck up so badly in the next 4 years that they'll lose 2028.

• I don't think Green / Alternative energy is going anywhere. It's solidly a part of our economy, and we need to stay "ahead of China." No matter what anti climate change rhetoric the orange Cheeto was spewing, alternative energy is here to stay and keep growing, I am positive of this.

• A few states codified better abortion access into state law.

• in my state, we passed measures and bills that will fund schools and many environmental initiatives.

That's really not enough silver linings, but something.

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Comment by roman_erudite at 15/01/2025 at 16:02 UTC

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I worry that I see huge similarities with 1930s Germany. I'm not as optimistic. My consolation is that I'm not poor and am not disabled so I'm not in the first lines of vulnerability.