Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

Hi friends. We're starting to get an idea of which post-election scenario we've got. Time to reassess, retool, and adapt Here's my take on where we are and where we're going Tl;dr: the far right is our biggest concern for the next...while, and we should focus our energy there

"but I don't care about electoral politics!" you say, and that's fine, but electoral politics care about you. This election doesn't change the fact that we live in late-stage capitalism, but it absolutely changes how things look on the ground and where the threats come from

It's not a sure thing, but as of now it looks like Joe Biden is going to squeak out an election win. The margins will be large enough to defeat court challenges, but small enough to make it look like election fraud to the far-right (and even the regular right)

The armed rallies we're seeing elsewhere--the ones slowing counting and threatening the lives of the vote-counters--are going to spread. They will come to the PNW soon They will be armed, frothing with rage at anyone who looks liberal, and at least somewhat supported by the cops

Trump is going to continue to make noise about the stolen election and encourage his supporters to "fight back." And they will They'll do it short-term in ways similar to what we've seen They'll do it long-term in ways that look like the Tea Party on steroids, or worse

In my opinion, the most important thing to do is prepare to push back against an armed and furious far-right insurrection This isn't guaranteed--we've seen the ineptitude of the far right recently, their inability to cooperate--but nonetheless, I think they're the biggest threat

Here's where I'm gonna get controversial I don't think it's a good use of our energy to go up against the National Guard right now Do whatever you want. I'm not against it on principle. Maybe this is bitterness at not being able to join y'all But sometimes, triage is necessary