I did surprisingly well yesterday in not following the news. Honestly, it turned out to be easier than I expected once I had a sense of what was actually happening. I’m not sure I’ll be following the news for the next couple of weeks—maybe even the next four years.
By mid-morning, though, my phone was blowing up with texts and DMs from people wanting to unload their feelings about the U.S. election. I get it. I have feelings about it too—big ones, deep ones, and frankly, not very good ones. But I’d promised myself I’d spend the day working and hold off reading any news until evening as a kind of “reward.” Yeah... well, that didn’t happen.
So today, I think I’ll continue steering clear of the news. Maybe I’ll just head to jujitsu tonight and let out some of this energy. I don’t see anything good coming of all this, but I can see unlimited potential for things to go horribly, horribly wrong.
At least I’m not Ukrainian, though.
This...will not be a bright future for many.
Bernie Sanders nailed it by saying the Democrats lost because they have abandoned the working class . The leopards ate my face party is the only one who recognized the non college educated bulk of the USA population, a country with literacy rates similar to Tasmania , so yeah it's bad. Trump appealed to them, because he gave them recognition. The Democrats were still in bed with wall street bankers and the ruling class. Trump is a wrecker and an outsider , everything they love. Will he pay off the USA debt? Nope. Will he make cheap tech more expensive? Probably. Will he bring back manufacturing back to the USA ? Maybe. Will the lumpen proletariat feel listened to? Maybe, but after a while they will fracture and start fighting each other or un-live the prez. Will an American politician stand up for the working class? Will an Australian do the same?