Are we now Germany of 1933*? I just know that the election was dirty** and I have existential dread bad.

[Marthe48]

42. Some things I can't square

First of all the enthusiasm for VP Harris' run, for Gov. Walz. There were lines and SRO at their rallies, compared to low turnout for the orange burnout.
I don't like that traitor said he didn't need their votes, that this would be the last election where they'd have to vote, that he acted out or didn't even try, and went to areas that were either lightly populated or he wouldn't win.

There was record early voting. Record fund raising for so many of the Dem candidates.

I read that the U.S. will change its alignment in the world, that the dictator will get in line with other dictatorships across the world and leave our allies on their own. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. The European alliances, NATO, are all I know. After Germany was reunited, reagan said that russia was our friend. My husband and I couldn't accept that. That russia was the bad guy was ingrained in our outlook. I guess I didn't have to rethink much when putin seized power and has devoted himself to world dominion.

I heard over the last several years that the r party is dead, that it's been taken over by rwnj. But now I hear that the Democratic Party has lost its historic base--the south, the first to leave, of course, labor, the educated, the middle class. Did the Democratic Party abandon the economic glue that held the base together and turn too soon to goals that are alien to many people who supported a New Deal and not an Ideal? I am ashamed to say that there are too many Americans who would rather wear the black hat of the bad guy and behave like a bad ass. I remember in the 90s when the dot com economy lifted so many people and yet, along with the elevation of better jobs and opportunities, the undercurrent of 'real men don't eat quiche' was eroding the social awakening that was bringing a rainbow of people to financial success. Maybe we are here today because we shifted gears too soon and tore out the transmission. But how can we, as humans, willfully leave behind people who are as human as we are and have the same dreams, goals, ethics?

When I was young, I rejected the middle class life style i grew up in and which has been the aim of Americans of all backgrounds. I ended up with a foot in both worlds, hopefully sharing my gains with those less fortunate, keeping enough to be comfortable myself. But it seems like the concept of leaving a small footprint, of carrying someone who needs your support, has all been smothered by greed, jealousy and hate.

Going forward, I'm not going to share myself as I did. I don't want to be nice to rwnj, especially if they're going to torture and kill people I care about. I'll always vote straight-ticket Dem, although I fear that this was the last election for America.