If they eliminate the ACA — and I don’t see anything now that keeps them from doing that, very quickly — I’m going to get clobbered. Not only episodically for myself, but full-time for others for whom I have responsibility. Not sure how long I can provide an umbrella against the U.S. medical system, at my current capacity.
It’s unfortunate. They will likely suffer. But fairy tales seem to be the only places where sufferers learn anything. Learning is a much more complicated project, which takes some investment across the life-course. Works better in a stable environment. > On Nov 6, 2024, at 10:18, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > > Harris wasn’t a candidate of the left she was a moderate applying the > technique of triangulation to get elected to keep our institutions from being > abused and damaged by an inappropriate candidate. I’m not sure what else > she could have done short of finding a way to push Biden out earlier. As > for me, I’m not shedding any liberal tears. In a way I’m looking forward to > how Trump will betray his voters and the suffering they will feel at his > hands. They certainly deserve it. > > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of glen > <geprope...@gmail.com> > Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 6:58 AM > To: friam@redfish.com <friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] How democracies die > > Just for reference, my antifa friends don't recognize any difference. > Nothing's changed from yesterday to today. And while that may seem myopic, > there's a lot of truth to it. Harris is fairly right-leaning with her record > as a prosecutor in CA, position on fracking, failure to denounce the actions > of Israel, etc. The local antifa has been active in things like blocking > ports of entry (particularly for Boeing-related shipments and such). > DDoSecrets has been steadily accumulating data from bad actors. Unicorn Riot > consistently publishes about ongoing abuse of indigenous communities. Etc. > > W.r.t. deeper changes, a break from status quo *liberalism* (the main > boogeyman of the lefties), could be hastened by another Trump term. I see it > as an opportunity for actual lefty strategists (as opposed to a warmed over > righty like Harris) to design a [de|re]construction plan similar to Project > 2025, but for sane people. Literally *any* of the tactics used by the Trump > backers could be used by an organized effort from the left. > > But the problem is that those with the real strategy skills aren't > revolutionaries. As Eric lays out, they're too addicted to the institutional > game to strategize around or to blast through institutions. That's what makes > the tiny antifa efforts like blocking ports (for a tiny few hours) or > breaking windows on main street seem so stupid and indulgent, like the temper > tantrums of an undisciplined child. > > And in this regard, I join both my antifa friends and my MAGA friends in > scoffing at the liberal tears. If you actually want change, then buck up and > make it happen. Politics is not a day job you leave at the office at 6pm. > Granted, I'm a tourist in both of those groups - all groups, actually, and > would be happier if Harris had won. But being a tourist allows me to say such > things without too much hypocrisy. > > On 11/6/24 02:55, Santafe wrote: > > A change that I think can happen, and I don’t know how fully it can change > > in four years, which is the time to find out whether the whole electoral > > system and federal judiciary can be completely rewired, is that Americans > > become a lot more like Russians. Small, localized, and trying to hunker > > down and get through one’s own little day and little life, and not be > > visible enough to become a target for anything. Everything that is a > > problem and that needs to change, is a problem because it brings together a > > lot of actors. To change, it needs coordinated commitments. That’s what > > wasn’t great in the U.S. already, but gets very very hard in an atomized > > society. I do expect the bullying and belligerent behavior from the MAGA > > faction, which has already been getting systematically worse over the past > > 9 years, to undergo a large increase. Maybe by about the same factor as > > cannabis use increased when it got legalized, and for sort of similar > > reasons. 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