Civil disobedience is the only way. We're beyond the pale and it is going to get very, very ugly. I expect people to be disappeared and brutal use of violence by those claiming authority will multiple exponentially. They are not even pretending to be interested in making the world a better place. They'll murder anyone who looks like a threat.
Apropos of nothing, Danielle Moodie over on the Democracy-ish podcast recommended keeping a journal, starting especially this week before the inauguration so that we can remember how things are/were and to keep tabs on truth and lies going forward. I tend to be ol' skool, so I'm handwriting mine, but hey, doing a 1-5 minute audio recording isn't a bad idea and I might do that for a personal weekly roundup. I also recommend this brutal diary by Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen, "Diary of a Man in Despair." He kept this journal from 1936-1944. Reck was a conservative novelist and a landed gentleman in Germany who ironically deplored democracy, but when the Nazi regime came to power, he apparently came around and started recording what he saw in journals that he kept hidden on his land. Reck died at Dachau in 1945--not because of the journals, but rather because he complained to his publisher in a letter that inflation was eating away his advance. He was arrested for "insulting the German currency" as a result of that. In case you're interested, here's a Guardian article from 2013 about it: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/26/diary-man-despair-reck-review
Re: Culture and entertainment. As Bob "MovieBob" Chipman said on Bluesky:
"I think it's very interesting that Disney and the film/TV industry (apart from cable news, sports and reality/marketing) seemingly aren't on Team Trump's 'culture war' radar AT ALL despite having been a big focus for decades, being in Florida and having a "monster president" movie coming up.
"Part of it is likely 'How many fights can you do?' but also Trump himself is transactional and he doesn't have a personal profit motive in feuding with Mickey. Doesn't mean he wouldn't if they told him if there were votes there, but for whatever reason it's apparently not a priority."
Civil disobedience is the only way. We're beyond the pale and it is going to get very, very ugly. I expect people to be disappeared and brutal use of violence by those claiming authority will multiple exponentially. They are not even pretending to be interested in making the world a better place. They'll murder anyone who looks like a threat.
Apropos of nothing, Danielle Moodie over on the Democracy-ish podcast recommended keeping a journal, starting especially this week before the inauguration so that we can remember how things are/were and to keep tabs on truth and lies going forward. I tend to be ol' skool, so I'm handwriting mine, but hey, doing a 1-5 minute audio recording isn't a bad idea and I might do that for a personal weekly roundup. I also recommend this brutal diary by Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen, "Diary of a Man in Despair." He kept this journal from 1936-1944. Reck was a conservative novelist and a landed gentleman in Germany who ironically deplored democracy, but when the Nazi regime came to power, he apparently came around and started recording what he saw in journals that he kept hidden on his land. Reck died at Dachau in 1945--not because of the journals, but rather because he complained to his publisher in a letter that inflation was eating away his advance. He was arrested for "insulting the German currency" as a result of that. In case you're interested, here's a Guardian article from 2013 about it: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/26/diary-man-despair-reck-review
Re: Culture and entertainment. As Bob "MovieBob" Chipman said on Bluesky:
"I think it's very interesting that Disney and the film/TV industry (apart from cable news, sports and reality/marketing) seemingly aren't on Team Trump's 'culture war' radar AT ALL despite having been a big focus for decades, being in Florida and having a "monster president" movie coming up.
"Part of it is likely 'How many fights can you do?' but also Trump himself is transactional and he doesn't have a personal profit motive in feuding with Mickey. Doesn't mean he wouldn't if they told him if there were votes there, but for whatever reason it's apparently not a priority."