I have decided that I will vote for Joe Biden, and I will vote in person since Pennsylvania has already announced that it cannot handle the mail-in ballots it anticipates it's going to have. I am furious with myself for doing so, but I do feel my hand is forced. We are so fucked in the '20s. There is zero incentive for the Democratic Party to listen to the people telling the truth from the left. But the last couple of months have convinced me that, despite not knowing who will be in charge (it will pretty obviously not be Joe Biden), I think someone may accidentally end up making some decision that will help get us through the pandemic. Unfortunately, then we're left with 2-3 more years of decisions from an administration that will very likely set up a Republican win in 2024. But we at least need to get there, I guess.
I'm really depressed. I have never been more despondent. I am strongly considering closing my retirement accounts and getting the money back, because I doubt we have a financial system or even a recognizable society in 30-40 years. This planet is going to be destroyed and eco-fascism will be the center in the United States by 2032. There really is no hope. I just see the most greedy, feckless people alive in the Democratic Party, and keep having to try to reconcile with the idea that this is the "resistance" in this country. How the fuck can we possibly survive? There really is no path.
I'm sorry that you are feeling such despair. I have my moments and hours where I feel like a kid clutching a blanket who's schooshed backwards on the floor to where I have my back against the wall staring in wide-eyed horror.
I happen to agree more with Beal so I'll save a repeat of that and add from there.
Let's start with 2022 - 2024. We might get more progressive people in office in the various levels of government. Don't some polls show that a lot of millennials are on the more progressive side? There will be the continued increase of POC voters every year. When* Biden/Harris are sworn in with (hopefully) a Dem controlled Senate maybe gerrymandering issues can be taken on, along with Citizens United.
I think the Democrats, and a lot of Republicans revolt against the removal of letter boxes, and the high-speed sorting speaks of at least one line not-to-be-crossed. Maybe there might be others though I pray we don't ever get to those. The fact that
it was at first only One Person first spotted the mail boxes being trucked away and
reported it. Even one person under the right circumstances can make a difference!
Now to the 2024 Election -
I'm definitely not convinced that what transpired before leads to what you seem to predict is a way more probable swing back to The Republicans.
First as I pointed out above the continued demographic changes on voters.
Second -
and while this was NOT what (almost anybody would have wanted [!!!!!] ) - I said back in Oct 2019 when you were also talking 2024 that Historians point out that things go along as they are
until they suddenly don't.
Last Sept 2019 who would have in general seen us in late March let alone now as we are!!!
To me you keep projecting out from perhaps too many strands of previously expected models.
Who knows what other twists and turns will effect the 2024 Election?!
I now have to go out and do my mask-on, social distance Local shopping so either later tonight or in the next day or two I'll get to the other issues including climate change.
*(of course, I'm
terrified of Trump stealing the Election)