Trump was elected. This isn’t what I wanted, but I’m trying to stay positive and not worry so much. The people have the power to make choices and work and campaign and support what they believe in and I for one want to take advantage of that. I want to help those that will be affected in the coming years and stand for what I believe is right. What resources, campaigns, protests, anything should I and others be aware of? What can we do to make the change we want to see?

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    The people have the power to make choices and work and campaign and support what they believe in

    Don’t bank on that being the case. American democracy is literally dead as of today. The president elect is a felon with an IQ lower than his age, we’re cooked.

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      The people have the power to make choices and work and campaign and support what they believe in

      It’s totally the case. The people did work and campaign and support what they believe in. They did make a choice.

      They chose fascism.

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        I think there is a high likelihood we will see President Vance before the end of this second Trump term. I can’t really tell which is worse.

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          I’d honestly say Vance at this point. Both of them are indefensibly ignorant but Trump is very dumb and very cocky. Vance is very dumb but has shown to be able to follow orders really well, Trump might not do something because it conflicts with his interests, I believe Vance would do anything an old white guy tells him to as long as he is still starstruck.

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            The only good thing about that is Vance has less charisma than the couches he loves, so I don’t think he’d be able to command a cult as well as Trump

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      This is dangerously wrong. Any person can have a huge impact on their own community without changing countrywide politics. It is super important that caring USians start contributing to their communities and help the people that are more at risk of being wrongly prosecuted for living their life. Please volunteer at mutual aid programs, please protest against genocide, please educate the people around you, please make sure trans and queer people are safe, please speak out about racism. And when you witness a nazi victimising someone based on their identity/race/disability/etc, please act and don’t look away.

      Telling people that ‘change is hopeless’ only endangers vulnerable groups more.