Trump's signature combination of viciousness, idiocy, and pure soft laziness means that the only thing he really can think of to do with power is send someone to go brutalize other people for him and then be like "we kicked their ass, huh." There's a big constituency for that.
But I think most people can see that as the shameful thing it is. I hope and I sense that most people can see that hurting people on behalf of delicate rich sadists is a shitty, shameful thing to do.
Because of how those doing that hurting are dressed, and how people are conditioned to respond to those uniforms, there's a disconnect. But at some point I have to believe it's going to become clear that they're not only not helping, but that they see their whole job as hurting.
The cops in my city are now overtly at war with the people that live here. They don't seem to care about anything but sending that message and hurting us. Elected officials are afraid of them. So they do shit like this instead of ever de-escalating.
Fundamentally, though, they're outnumbered. The city is bigger than them, and better. We're outgunned, but I believe we want what we want more than they want what they want, which is for us not to have it. So I have hope.
Been drinking, remain angry and sad all the time, earnest-posting disclaimer, etc. Everyone take care.
