I was having a discussion with my wife a few nights ago about the election. She's from Only True China. Ever since we started dating, I've been an insufferable fucking nerd about what makes the United States so great. Why, even though we have a checkered history, the American dream is truly about living up to the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We don't always succeed, but we try, and we're all united by that goal.
I feel like the wool has come off my eyes this past year. Not just with the election, but with the whole decade in general. During the beginning of the last decade, I remember finding it hilarious that social justice and SJWs were a thing; I willfully ignored them, because who was autistic enough to believe their dogshit? Now I'm working for an employer that gives unconscious bias training sessions and I routinely drive through neighborhoods littered with BLM signs. My best friend's wife takes part in BLM marches.
We have a news media, empowered by social media, that decide for themselves what is true or false. Everything is politicised. Question the narrative about the Coronavirus, global warming, or election fraud? Did you know what you're watching has been Fact Checked as False? Please refer to this CNN article about how this was the most secure election in the history of the world.
Just last year we had the Epstein debacle where the most important prison in the entire US prison system managed to "kill himself" in his prison cell. Now there's zero interest. Fast forward a year later and we find that Hunter Biden possessed a laptop that had plausible evidence that he was accepting bribes for access to VP Biden.
His father is likely going to be the next President. Only after multiple "glitches" and "mistakes" during the election that all only point to one candidate. All of this on the heels of the Democratic Party blatantly jipping Bernie out of the nomination two times in a row. But this was the most secure election in the history of the United States, you know. Snopes fact checked it for us.
Now you must wear your mask. Don't visit your family during the holidays. Did you just gain stable employment? Sorry, we've got to shut down again. No promises your job will be there when we open back up. You don't want to kill grandma, right? Nevermind that Global Warming was going to kill us all; this is definitely more important. (But seriously, sell your car and move to the city, it's better here.)
It feels like we've moved firmly into a Chinese system of running things. One clique doing whatever it takes, including propogandising the narrative, cheating, and stealing to win. Everything is told through a lens of double-talk and lies. A month ago and the news media told us that we wouldn't see a vaccine until next summer at the earliest. Now they're touting 20 million doses by December. Odd timing, since they're assuming Trump to be out of office.
I'm just tired of it. If my vote and my First Amendment right no longer apply, why the fuck should I? I was apathetic the day after the Election, when it looked like Biden had won with a firm lead. Before I saw all the fraud. Either Biden wins by fraud, in which case the Republic is essentially over and we're no different than the Chinese state, or Trump wins a victory through the Supreme Court and we have four years that make the Russian fiasco seem like a walk in the park.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't believe in Santa Claus anymore.