Maybe, but maybe not. The future isn’t written yet, no one knows how everything will shake out after unforeseen dominos fall, and it’s just true the capitalists like us hopeless because hopeless people are less likely to advocate for change. Be hopeful if for no reason beyond they don’t like it.

You’re an amazing role model.

Secular Humanism was right there! Right there! Being smart enough to figure out gods aren’t real, but still so dumb they thought skin color mattered? Beyond disappointing.

Whatever the other side of all this looks like, we will remain ripe for further rule by demagogues as long as our media remains monopolized in the hands of billionaires. We need to trustbust well past the point Teddy Roosevelt’s ghost is screaming for us to stop.

Our need for a party of marginally lesser evil quislings is zero, they’re only demonstrable function to lend the Republicans an air of legitimacy by their continued sitting-on-their-hands style “participation” in this farce of an administration.

A Democratic Party that isn’t fully committed to the rights and safety of Palestinians, of immigrants, of Trans people, is entirely useless to us in this moment.

I really liked the 2nd one, thought it was a vast improvement over the first, but the runtime is still such that a home viewing is very nice for breaking it up into a multi-night thing if you want.