What do you fear will happen in the next 4 years?

[sonrisa]

Pick one or two things. Let’s get it out there.

[neverfstop]

We'll be one stop closer to the collapse of true democracy - SCOTUS will be even worse & so will fascism. Protections for minorities/women will be rolled back. The oligarchs (tech bros, billionaires, huge corporations) will be more powerful and rich. The citizens will live in 2 different (media) universes where there is truth and lies in the (social) media.

[dior]

War and violence

[hermione]

My daughter will lose all autonomy over her own body.

[sent]

The rich will get even richer, the poor will be left wondering wtf happened.

[sju]

War

My life expectancy is very poor due to my health conditions, and I don’t want to go at a time when my loved ones are not safe.

[fernweh]

We will morph into a country that our founding fathers would be ashamed of - media will either be controlled by government or be so afraid of retribution that they won’t report anything critical of it.
That women’s rights will continue to be stripped away until we resemble a country run by the taliban.

That the Supreme Court will get more conservative and the country as we know it will not survive.

[sunnysally]

I am terrified for the LGBTQ+ community and for women.
Science and education are going to take huge hits.

[Beeps (WOT?*)]

Idiocracy.

SCOTUs will be even further up for grabs. We will be governed by oligarchs. There will be no middle class, which means our democracy will become a fiefdom with a ruling class and a serving/laboring class. Not only bodily autonomy will be up for grabs, but pretty much all individual rights will be infringed upon: gender, sex, race, religion.

All of this is "even more so than we already are."

[Bernadine]

Personally, as a Fed, I’m worried that I’ll be fired.

For our country- I fear a total descent into authoritarianism.

[sonrisa]

People will die because of this.

I hope it’s not my loved ones nor yours.

[ssmjlm]

Sort of a take on the Hunger Games and no, I'm not kidding.

The have and the have nots will become larger than in the history of our country. I truly believe that.

Any and all publicly funded programs will cease to exist. Unless you're part of the military, in which case, you may be spared so we can be BFFs with the other dictators in the world.

I fear for my safety. Will I become property? Will I have to defer to my husband on all decisions.

[ssmjlm]

I think back to watching The Man in the High Castle and wonder if we will end up in a version of that.

[Velar Fricative]

Further dismantling of education and learning

A national abortion ban

[carmenere]

I’m afraid for the immigrant community, and I’m especially sad for Dreamers and their families.

Selfishly I’m concerned that deporting the people who harvest our produce and process our meat will cause grocery prices to go even higher, and Trump supporters will blame everyone except the people who are actually responsible.

[hermione]

RFK will destroy anything remotely resembling public health. Vaccines will go away. Like I’m glad my kid is 11 and pretty much fully vaccinated already.

[penguingrrl]

I think we’ll officially be in the civil war that’s been brewing for decades.

[mcppalmbeach]

Topmost…continued unfettered destruction of our beautiful planet. Because this administration will do nothing to help it.

War. This administration again has the nuclear codes. Terrifying.

Loss of bodily autonomy for women, more women will die. Loss of rights for the LGBTQ population. POC losing their voices.

Loss of a public education.

Economy. I think it’s going to suck for any but the wealthiest. That ain’t me.

[docholly]

I worry this will be page in a history book some day… “Events that led to World War 3.”

[somersault72]

The dusty cheese man will die, then we'll be stuck with Vance who I manage to hate even more.

Getting young shitty supreme Court Justices to replace the old ones.

[mrsukyankee]

That my mom will end up losing out on her income and health protections and it'll be up to my brother and I to fully support her and her husband (as she's heading further and further into dementia). That my niece and nephew will have to deal with things that no one should have to deal with in this day and age, especially in the red area they are living. That friends who are LGBT+ will lose their rights and that we'll see things moving far to close to camps and pogroms.

[mcppalmbeach]

Also, just like on a very personal level, I fear the loss of my own humanity. After our abortion amendment failed to pass yesterday, I told my friends I wished that every faux Christian hypocrite that voted it down would feel the effects of their actions in the most personal and painful ways possible. And I meant it. This is not the person I want to be.

[heat40]

I’m concerned that there will be no institution we can trust to hold strong. We won’t be able to trust media, courts, any federal depts., etc. he’ll replace everyone with loyalists. How do we live like that?

[wildrice]

Personally I am worried about both of our jobs/employers being defunded. I am also a bit worried about free speech and whether it's even going to be safe to talk about our worries in public spaces anymore or if it will make us political enemies of a dictator.

But my family and I are starting from a place of privilege in many ways. I am most worried for the lives of women who can bear children, the LBGTQ community (especially those who are trans), non-white immigrants, and everyone who will suffer race or religion based discrimination and hatred under this regime. Fuck the economy, people are going to die

And things in Palestine and the middle east are going to escalate, and we are going to have a fully conservative supreme Court.

[neverfstop]

Nov 6, 2024 7:23:51 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

Also, just like on a very personal level, I fear the loss of my own humanity. After our abortion amendment failed to pass yesterday, I told my friends I wished that every faux Christian hypocrite that voted it down would feel the effects of their actions in the most personal and painful ways possible. And I meant it. This is not the person I want to be.

Agreed....I'm very mad. I don't want to speak to my family.  I know <all this> isn't their fault, but I'm so angry and want to lash out at somebody.  I've been struggling with church lately too & I don't know if I can step foot in a church for a while...I just can't stomach being surrounded by Christian nationalists.   

[dulcemariamar]

It is hard to say but I guess the guy has nothing to lose and will appoint people who are hell bent on destroying the country. So many innocent people will suffer and even die because of this. I really hope those who voted for him will reap what they sowed. On Facebook they are saying that God answered their prayers and how they believe Trump is going to cut their utility bills and gas by 50%,put tariffs on Chinese goods and get rid of all the “dangerous” illegals. They are so shortsighted and lack any critical thinking skills but hey!!!, let’s dismantle the Department of Education so we can keep people ignorant.


Honestly, it is so disgusting. Maybe a lot of us come from a place of privilege and I guess most of us don’t worry how to get the next meal but I still don’t understand how they actually think Trump will help them.

[Beeps (WOT?*)]

Nov 6, 2024 7:28:29 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

Nov 6, 2024 7:23:51 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

Also, just like on a very personal level, I fear the loss of my own humanity. After our abortion amendment failed to pass yesterday, I told my friends I wished that every faux Christian hypocrite that voted it down would feel the effects of their actions in the most personal and painful ways possible. And I meant it. This is not the person I want to be.

Agreed....I'm very mad. I don't want to speak to my family.  I know <all this> isn't their fault, but I'm so angry and want to lash out at somebody.  I've been struggling with church lately too & I don't know if I can step foot in a church for a while...I just can't stomach being surrounded by Christian nationalists.   

I just wanted to note that I liked both your posts not because I actually like them but I feel so much of this and I empathize with you.
I was going to ask my mom about her Christmas plans, and thinking about flying her out here for the holiday since my kids and grandson are flying out from FL, my daughter and her family are coming from Boise and my son and his family might try to make it out at the same time.
But I can't stomach talking to her right now, She is a rabid Trump supporter. I've gotten into arguments and fights with her and we've had to do the "We are at the dinner table and I will not have this discussion with you." conversation more than once. I do need to keep in touch with her though since I'm her executrix and we're doing organizing. I just can't right now with her and this BS. (Ditto for my mother-in-law except for the coming out her for Christmas part of things.)

[dulcemariamar]

Nov 6, 2024 7:23:51 GMT -5 mcppalmbeach said:

Also, just like on a very personal level, I fear the loss of my own humanity. After our abortion amendment failed to pass yesterday, I told my friends I wished that every faux Christian hypocrite that voted it down would feel the effects of their actions in the most personal and painful ways possible. And I meant it. This is not the person I want to be.

Oh yes… I am at this point that these people made their bed and now they have to suffer every consequence from it. I just hate that innocent people will get caught in this mess. I am still not ok after reading what happened to the teen who died because of the lack of care from doctors who were too afraid to react because of abortion laws

[fivechickens]

I am worried about my daughters’s future. I am worried about my daughter with cerebral palsy’s future. I am worried about all the women and girl’s this will affect.

I am worried about all the POC this will affect.

I am worried about public education.

I am ashamed of this country.

[wambam]

We completely lose our ability to distinguish between reality and non-reality.