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How would we prepare for the future not knowing what to expect, like stated, they lie just to be elected, so how could we possibly prepare for the worst? Also even if this fails, we still try to put effort because our rights should not just be taken like that? we fought for them centuries ago just for us to be hit with this.
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How would we prepare for the future not knowing what to expect, like stated, they lie just to be elected, so how could we possibly prepare for the worst?
Well, we do have Project 2025 as a document of what Republicans want to do, given absolute power. We have the history of what they've done when elected at the state level, and it's reasonable to assume they want to do something similar at the federal level. It's not certain, but not completely unpredictable either. And organizations fighting for civil rights can be both proactive and reactive, but you need to organize to have an organization.
Also even if this fails, we still try to put effort because our rights should not just be taken like that?
Then I don't think we fundamentally disagree, because what I'm saying is precisely that you should put in effort to ensure human rights. Not that your effort has to look exactly the same as mine, but I do think good strategy is important.
Let me put it a different way.
You are free to petition for a recount, and I understand why folks are doing it. I also understand why people have a hard time accepting the election results; so do I. But if your efforts fail, if you exhaust every measure to overturn the results, what then?
Donald Trump will be inaugurated President in January. There's no saying for sure what he'll do, since politicians always make false promises to get elected, but it's a safe bet that he will wreak havoc on the government's ability to function and attack civil rights. But we can fight back, at the state and local level, and through mutual aid, organizing, protest, and disobedience. We can refuse to tolerate abuses of our rights.
And what happens if you win? The MAGA movement will still exist, the anti-trans movement will still exist, and they will be galvanized, thinking that the election was stolen from them. They'll still have power in other areas of government; people in Texas, Oklahoma, and other red states are already having to fight for their rights in all the ways I'm describing, and they'll still have to.
I don't want you to pin all of your hopes on overturning the election, and then be utterly defeated when that fails. I want this tragedy, and the probable actions of the Trump administration, to radicalize people rather than lead them to despair. And while you should take some time to grieve, the sooner you take action, and prepare for the future, the better.