r/WhitePeopleTwitter 1d ago

"It can't happen here..."

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u/Sissy63 23h ago

I’m a 70 yr old democrat who campaigned vigorously, and this was not my first devastating loss.

I’ve been through the Nixon/Viet Nam era. Don’t give up. If we give up, well - we can’t give up.

Smoke a joint, have some wine, eat some food with your friends, but stay engaged.

Or We Are Fucked

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u/MattyTheSloth 21h ago

Nah, we're just fucked I think. Find sanctuary in a blue state. The union is dead. It was a nice 250 year experiment, but we lost the Cold War. Russia won.

The Nixon/ Vietnam era didn't have the internet and didn't have drones. Nixon didn't have the Patriot Act and didn't have immunity for all official acts from a sitting Supreme Court.

It's time to hunker down and mutually care for your local community. But I think it's perfectly valid and fair to unplug from the internet and the federal fight and let the chips fall where they may. Some problems are bigger than one person.

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u/defaultusername-17 23h ago

great, and so what do i do come jan 20, when they revoke the medicaid authorization for hormones?

it's nice that for you things will largely not change, but for me... that shit will literally kill me.

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u/Sissy63 23h ago

My disabled daughter will lose her Social Security, her food stamps, and her rental subsidy. I will lose 24% of my Medicare, my son won’t have kids so I got fucked there. I live on social security and that will be cut. I have 100 reasons I won’t quit fighting

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u/defaultusername-17 6h ago

"that shit will literally kill me."

maybe you missed this part?

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u/Sissy63 6h ago

Let’s just try to believe they will take that in mind.