November 6th, 2024

I don’t like getting political. But when the livelihoods of my friends and families are at stake, I’m gonna take a minute and address a few things.

oH nO, thE OrAnGe ChEETo MaN won! #NotMYpRESidENT, stARt ThE RECOunT, HUNKER DoWN iN bUnkERS aNd HOARD more toilEt PapeR lIKe iT’s 2020 agaIN! /sarcasm

Yeah… if you unironically agree with that, don’t bother talking to me again. As much as I hate 1992’s Oscar nominated[citation needed] cameo from Home Alone 2, he won. There’s plenty to say about the electoral college, about people with seemingly no empathy for other human life voting for an alleged sexist, racist, pedophilic sex offender, but that won't change the outcome.

I’m borrowing from Adam Conover when I say this, but dude was on the front lines for writers and actors during their strikes, and is still on the front lines for animators, AND is still working towards keeping the peace for LGBT, people of color, immigrants, middle class, and so many more people that are just trying to exist. How’s he doing it?

Organize your workplace and go on strike, attend neighborhood council meetings and fight for more affordable housing, find groups that peacefully protest in the street to better YOUR world. You get your cute butts off the couch, and hit the goddamn pavement.

Obviously that’s easier said than done. And donating to causes like that aren’t the financially easiest option. But what would you rather do, sit around and do nothing, worrying about being powerless to stop what might be coming? Or taking a minute to realize that you DO have power, finding out how to use that power, and making fucking progress?

Here’s the full video - https://youtu.be/71Ue5Qy6w1w?si=DfAvkCHZi9zVbGop - there’s a lot more context that I’d rather you just watch for yourselves. But his summary remains the same; there may be a lot of change coming, but the thing that won’t change, is that there’s going to be a lot of work to do. And there’s a lot of us that are ready to fucking do it.

Be the change you want to see in the world.