Among times to be alive — we’re not at the best, and not at the worst, by far.
But this is still a really stupid timeline, given what we’ve been given by our past, and the knowledge we have around us all the time.
Ideally, we should be creating a better path with the same energy and priority than those looking to tear everything down — but given the way our political system works, the “just get Trump out” strategy is about all we’re allowing ourselves to do or imagine.
We’re locked out of doing anything better, largely by the party that’s job is supposed to be doing things better.
Ultimately though, you have to start somewhere.
But I’d rather us as a nation have better plans to get to a better place, all the same.
Still — I’ve long expected that we’d have to get past the current generation and their expectations to get to anything less horrible than what we’ve been living with — so Biden and Harris are decent folks to wait out the end of the Boomer/Silent generation dominating everything and setting all expectations in media.
I’ll vote with you, and hope for the best — but I should not, and will not be silent about any betrayal of the very limited ideals we expect out of this stupid timeline we’re living in.