From The future...

[waitingman]

Dear Justin,

This is Future You - writing to tell you to not waste your time worrying about USA politics in general & any of the myriad Trump stories in particular. No... I'm not going to tell you how the election in November turns out, nor anything that happens after

All I'm going to tell you is that worrying about it is pointless. You can't do anything about it, no matter how angry a lot of the shit going down makes you. You can't change anyone's mind about any of it, no matter how misguided, indoctrinated or just plain fucked in the head they are

Monument Valley, Arches & Yosemite National Parks & all the other natural wonders of the continent have been there for thousands of years & will still be there once its people have sorted their shit out for themselves & it's safe to go back there without body armour. With a little luck, you'll still be mobile & compos mentis enough to enjoy them

Hell... with a little more luck the orange b@stard will choke on a cheeseburger before November anyway... No, I'm not saying that's what happens, but it's a nice, little optimistic dream you can hold onto in the meantime. Because, as you know, there's no one who can replace him that has the same cultish hold over his mob - not within his family, nor in the Republican Party... & even without death by dietary misadventure, he's not exactly a picture of health & vitality, is he?

So when you see some story, or sycophantic suck-up about him - take a deep breath... & try to think a little more long-term about this

And don't, whatever you do, think about how low the bar has been set for political leadership in that powderkeg of a country & worry about who has the wherewithal to slither under it & take his place

Comments

[paserbyp]

Dear Justin,

When 77 years old stupid maroon and 81 years old grandfather will fight in November then something wrong. I clearly remember USSR and funerals of Soviets fuhrers before Gorbachev took power and then… collapse…

Let it be Justin, let it be…

[waitingman]

In a perfect world, neither of these geriatrics would be running for the top job, certainly...

It's a perfect picture of where all the money is & how it therefore decides who gets to preserve it in their best interests

[paserbyp]

From my understanding money about motivation and if investment into these geriatrics morons was made then looks like we are looking to what happens before Word War I started…

[anais_pf]

Yup. That's about the size of it, all right.

[sandypawozbun]

Future you is giving you good advice. Its good advice for me too because I feel exactly the same. The sense of dread is palpable.