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You're right and I hate it. I'm genuinely concerned about what happens in January 2025. Either Biden fumbles reelection and we have a fascist dictator in power or Biden wins in November and we probably see another coup attempt. If it's the latter, I wouldn't want to be working in the Capitol that day. If it's the former, I'm not convinced that there wouldn't be public executions of dissenting party supporters. I know trump is just a symptom of a much bigger issue, but him being alive and free in the short term is a threat to national security. I don't say this as a call to action or anything, but as a matter of fact. The American experiment may come to an end within the next year just because a fat, stupid, spoiled, greedy asshole has convinced enough stupid assholes to literally risk their lives to give him everything he could ever want. If we get out of this whole, we drastically need education reform to prevent 1/3 of the country from getting hoodwinked by the next grifter. Until then, I'm praying for that dipshit's 6th amendment right to a speedy trial. Or that his terrible diet finally takes effect. If there were a god worth worshipping, trump's diet wouldn't have allowed him to live beyond the national average in the first place, but here we are, shameless apes on a godless rock.
I think signing up as an election worker is probably a pretty good way to help. I think some shit's gonna go down, yes, and that's one small way to put yourself in a position to be there when it does, instead of just leaving the country in "Jesus take the wheel hope it turns out ok" mode.
(And also yes, improving education and news media would be 2 huge steps for fixing it longer term)