Nothing is going to happen. This country is fucked.

[DenaliDemocrat]

Sorry to sound defeatist but nothing is going to happen. Nothing happened after Sandy Hook and nothing is going to happen now.

Roe v. Wade is going to be over turned and nothing is going to stop it. The crazy states are already talking about banning morning after pills and making out of state travel to purchase it a crime.

This country is run by a religious minority who have used laws to ensure they had a voice masterfully to manage to govern the 60% who disagree with them

They gerrymandered the House and will likely steal it back. They passed laws to suppress the vote to hold power. They stole one of our SC seats and then changed the rules to steal another.

It’s going to get worse - not better. By the time I die I expect the US to be a full blown fascist country.

I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am

[BigmanPigman]

1. We have to let Roe v Wade and gun control

be the big issues over the news for the next 6 months so we can start voting them out. When the media starts focusing on anything else we must refocus them. Same goes for the politicians.

The majority of the US wants gun control and support abortion. We must stop minority rule. It'll take a long time but it could start to turn the tide.

[wnylib]

2. The country is not as fucked as this OP is.

Why discourage people from fighting back and taking action? When we stop doing that, then we will be fucked, as much by defeatists as by the fascists.

[Mister Ed]

4. Thank you. So true. n/t

[Murphyb849]

6. Agreed. I will fight back as hard as as long as it takes.

[NanceGreggs]

7. Amen.

[ShazzieB]

9. Gotta agree with this.

While I can understand and relate to the emotions behind an OP like this, I don't share the feeling of defeat, not now. I can't seem to help being a cockeyed optimist these days; I see the good stuff along with the bad. And there IS good stuff, like Beto O'Rourke confronting the craven Greg Abbott at that press conference, which was one of the most inspiring things I've seen in this country in a while.

It hasn't always been easy to stay positive, especially during the Chump years. 2 years ago, I was an absolute nervous wreck, scared to death that he would somehow finagle another electoral win and we would be stuck with him for another agonizing, interminable 4 years. When Biden actually won, it seemed like a miracle. I was afraid to believe Chump could lose, to ANYONE. After all, in 2016, I was absolutely positive that Hillary was going to win, and the universe said, "Ha ha, guess again."

But in 2020, Joe Biden WON. I was astounded, profoundly relieved, and SO happy. His win seemed so miraculous that it restored my ability to believe that good things actually CAN happen, at least sometimes, and I have managed to keep on believing that though January 6 and everything else that's happened since. And I do believe, not that everything WILL turn out for the best, but that it CAN. That's enough to keep me going, and fighting, and hoping.

I wish it could work that way for everyone, because I also believe that giving up is the last thing any of us needs right now. Look where we are: Joe Biden got elected president, and he STAYED elected president, despite all the efforts of Chump, his ragtag followers, and his cohort of crooked Republican enablers. Biden got inaugurated, he's STILL president now, and that STILL feels like a miracle to me. It really, really does.

And if that miracle happened, others could happen as well. Like flipping some Senate seats from red to blue. Like Beto becoming governor of Texas and Stacey Abrams becoming governor of .Georgia. Maybe all those things won't happen, but they could, and I am going to allow myself to hope. If I am disappointed, I'll deal with it. I can survive disappointment, but I can't live without hope. That's just how it is for me.

[wnylib]

11. Exactly. It is when things seem to be

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hopeless that we most need to double down on hope and act on it. No guarantees, but hard work can succeed against odds sometimes and you don't know if you don't try. Look at Ukraine. Everyone predicted that Russia would win in 3 days to a week. Over 2 months later, Ukraine is still going strong and Kiev is open for business.

It would be disgraceful if we gave up in the face of our own threat to democracy.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Yes everyone gave up on Ukraine from the start.

Ukraine wasn't having it.

Yes totally shameful for us to give up and not fight for our country and children.

[Irish_Dem]

18. I am a dyed in the wool cynic, but I still want to fight, and fight hard.

Battle of good vs evil, not the time to throw in the towell.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Thank you for posting this.

BTW One of my favorite quotes:

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

[NanceGreggs]

3. So we should just give up?

Isn't "Nothing is going to happen" the battle-cry of spineless losers?

Why are you advocating giving-up and giving-in as a viable alternative to fighting the good fight?

Just wonderin'.

[obamanut2012]

14. Yup

Also wondering.

[betsuni]

5. But her emails.

Al Gore, John Kerry, Hillary were unlikable or something. Nothing happening is Republicans fault.

[Freddie]

8. Minority rule will be the end of this country

And it’s not going to be pretty.
But before we give up, we VOTE. And the R’s have just handed us our ammunition with guns and abortion.

[Old Crank]

10. Hate to say it

But you are right. Unless we can get out the vote and dump the GOP from power these outrages will continue.

[Tickle]

12. They are supposed

to come out this week with their final decision. I suspect we’ll hear Friday afternoon

[obamanut2012]

13. Concern noted

Ignored, but oh, definitely noted.

[twodogsbarking]

15. So far you are 100% correct.

We have gone the wrong direction. Reality can be a cruel MF.

[Irish_Dem]

17. This is what everyone said about Ukraine. But they fought back.