I finished up the current Murderbot books and am working on some short stories and novellas by Ursula K Le Guin (The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas) and T Kingfisher (Minor Mage, Illuminations)
“When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
Absolutely, primaries are for exactly that, the actual November election is about damage control.
This very reason is why I cut off both thumbs. Can’t force me to unlock my phone with my thumb print now. Checkmate, cops.
And the major reason it was based on Romneycare was because it was feasible they would get some support from the conservatives that way and be able to sell it better to the country as a whole for being bipartisan, and for a while they actually played along. But the GOP decided that they couldn’t be seen to help a black man and in an unprecedented manner went full obstructionism in a direct line that leads us to today.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1149
Less risk of computer viruses, higher risk of bird flu though.
I think what you’re saying really explains the struggle with the current Israeli government too. There were significant consequences for not being pro Israel enough and there are multiple past obligations that we are still beholden to as well. But for so long, that survival needed such obeisance toward Israel that to change that behavior is a massive challenge.
So vote blue, whoopty doo, what else is there to do?
Treating this as an actual question and not rhetorical. There’s organizing for specific candidates and raising/donating money, ESPECIALLY down ballot. I 100% get being frustrated with the presidential choice, but they are only one part, and honestly a more minor part in your day to day.
Volunteering time for local races has a bigger impact for the amount of time one can put in. Could be letter writing, texting, or phone banking. Could be working for outreach in a local parade, table at a county fair, or door-to-door. I know people that ran for local races like school board where helping them raise $500 is a massive windfall and makes a huge difference.
Sure, keep Biden in to elect judges and sign legislation. Work to elect people locally to change the party.
T. Kingfisher is one of the more recent authors that joined the list of people I read first. She does 2 styles of fiction for older readers (she also does YA as Ursula Vernon), Horror and Fantasy (often but not always Romantasy). And they are both really well written and enjoyable.
He was really just just Juan of the first of what later became many more.
What’s the over/under on the timeline for transition to right-wing “I used to be a liberal” grifter? Do we count when he invites people people to subscribe to his new “actual freedom of speech no cancel culture here” Substack even if there’s no posts?
I loved Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. It was a zombie book but from the perspective of the wild animals and pets of the world.