We no longer have to ask, “what if he wins?” He won. He slid down a landslide of promises of retribution against elites (of which he is one 🧐😉). He slid down a giant hill of corporate money. He slid down the wishful thinking of those willing to ignore his “Imperialist White Supremacist Heteropatriarchy (IWSH)” because they thought that they too might get rich like him. He slid down the classic class-based and war mongering incompetence of the Democratic party.
He is not outside of US history. He is history. He is the mushroom of decades and decades of underground mycelium growth.
We should take him seriously even though he’s a conman and pathological liar because his rhetorical and stochastic terrorism emboldens his followers to engage in acts of real terrorism. Welcome to MAGA-World, y’all. We need to be ready.
Our survival of the 500 years of slavery and oppression is no guarantee of our continued survival in and through the MAGA-World. As the preachers say, tomorrow is not promised. We must be willing to fight for the future, as our Ancestors did for ours. The arc of the universe bends towards justice because our Ancestors kicked it, shoved it, dragged it, and pushed it in that direction. Sitting on your hands is not an option; faithful action is. We are the answers to the prayers of those pushers and uppity folk, and they live forever in our faithful deeds on behalf of the yet unborn. So, it is and always shall be.
My plans for this space are to chronicle the subtle and systemic changes I see in my knowledge bubble. History doesn’t repeat itself; it moves in spirals with similar refrains. I want to record my experiences so that future generations can learn from them. I see the Bible as historic allegory. Trump is only one of many “Antichrists.” Let’s use history and our memories to defeat him and his movement. Forward ever!