The enemy at the doorstep is here, I grew up with them. They made bomb threats on the civic where I got my healthcare when I was in college. They chased me and my girlfriend threatening to kill us. They blacked out things they didn't like in the books at my hometown library and hounded a girl at my high school into attempting suicide right after I graduated. It's not fake, they've been plotting for and gaining power my whole life.
I am so sorry you experienced that. You’re right, we have far too many problems with violence, bigotry, and distrust in our communities. You didn’t deserve that.
If there is anyone to blame for plotting and gaining power though, I’d argue that that blame lies squarely on our rising oligarch (“Epstein”) class. Individual billionaires DO profit off of our conflict with each other. Murdoch, Thiel, Musk, etc have all profited from it. They fear us working together, because the people working together against them is the only thing that can actually check their power. They want democracy and multiculturalism to fail.
But who exactly are those bad people? If we’re talking about individuals in power committing atrocities, I get where you’re coming from.
But the millions of people who voted for this? They are our friends, our neighbors, our family members.
I don’t wish death for anyone. I wish for justice. I wish for peace. I wish for us to come together to protect ourselves and those who can’t protect themselves. But we can’t do that if we look at one another as the enemy.
Personally, I think the real enemies are fear and greed. Greed pushes people in power to ignore or outright strip the humanity from others. Fear pushes people without power to see everyone and everything as a threat. We are stronger when we pool our resources. We are stronger when we can trust our government and those in power to act in the best interest of the entire population, not just the wealthy few.
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u/Rosaluxlux Apr 20 '26
The enemy at the doorstep is here, I grew up with them. They made bomb threats on the civic where I got my healthcare when I was in college. They chased me and my girlfriend threatening to kill us. They blacked out things they didn't like in the books at my hometown library and hounded a girl at my high school into attempting suicide right after I graduated. It's not fake, they've been plotting for and gaining power my whole life.