USA Election 2024 is over. If the obvious happens, I don’t want to hear from you.
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Okay, friend, so you voted for Trump. This might surprise you, but I get it.
I really do. Times are tough. You got tired of it. So, you voted for change. If you had any concerns beyond your own, you set them aside because life is hard. No doubt. Totally agreed, life is rough.
My concern is this: I follow politics and study history, and what I’ve learned is that a different path doesn’t always mean better. It can mean far worse. But okay, fine. This is what you want. Out of respect for you and your choice, we do it your way.
And while I am a professional smartass, and don’t hold back my criticisms often, I do try to love others. I really do. I try to love everyone — that includes you, of course. So, it stings me a little, but I have to say…
Don’t come cryin’ to me if –
- Food prices go up because the immigrants who farm it have been expelled
- There’s chemical waste in your food because the FDA has been dismantled — too many regulations to make food safe also cut into profits
- Same with air quality and the EPA
- Health insurance denies you coverage you paid for because of a “pre-existing condition”
- The women you love have complicated pregnancies and can’t get the care they need because a doctor is afraid it will get described as an abortion — whether it is one or not
- You or people you love are deported for being “immigrants” — whether they are or not — or their years in the country do not go back far enough
- Your hard-earned 401k gets converted to Cryptobucks and becomes essentially worthless
- You get a school voucher for $500 to pay for your kids’ school, but tuitions all start at $10,000
- Full retirement age is raised to 85 so the government can lower taxes, but now it has no money to pay you back for your years of work
- The cost-of-living goes up because the president doesn’t bother to learn how tariffs work.
- The person who committed crimes against you and your loved ones gets rewarded with praise and a promotion.
Oh, they won’t do all that, you say. I hope you’re right. I really do. But it’s not the ones in power we have to fear as much as the ones behind the “throne.” And those folks, wow. Some of them are real monsters.
But, okay, fine. You say I’m mad because I lost the election. Not really. I’ve lost elections before. And as I always say, out of respect for others, I accept they chose differently.
My biggest fear is for you. I’m afraid that — even if I wanted to — I won’t have to tell you to go fuck yourself, because soon it will be apparent to you that you fucked yourself just fine. The problem is, I fear you might have fucked the rest of us, too.
But — we’ll see. As usual, I hope I’m wrong.
P.S. I’m not entirely truthful here. You can always come crying to me if things go bad. As much as I can, I’ll help a stranger and a friend, even if I think they got themselves in a bind through their own mistakes.
That’s just how I am.
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If you made it this far, thank you for reading. Am I being to pessimistic, anything to add to the list of “Don’t Come Cryin’ to Me?” Share your thoughts. If you want, share this post. Or don’t. But have a good day and please be kind!