How do you guys hold onto hope?
Does it ever feel exhausting? Just seeing everything get worse and worse, and people just seem to get more and more malicious. Here in the US, DeSantis is still crusading to basically turn Florida into his personal kingdom, and I'm sure he's going to run for president. What's worse, it feels like with Biden doing “nothing” as is so common with Democrat presidents, I feel like we're going to once again flip to a republican president. Like we're in very real danger of someone with the same level as Trump but with much more skill at manipulating his base and far more ways to use hatred and incitement “subtly” (even though it seems flat-out obvious what's going on here in FL).
It just feels like sometimes nothing is getting better, everyone is fine with the status quo because it doesn't affect them, they don't know any better, or their hatred for marginalized communities is straight up more important to them than the general welfare of the country (or world).
You go out and just try to be happy and alive and people treat you like garbage or like you're some kind of monster because of your class, or your race, or straight up just because you think things should be better.
Like what do we do? I know this is kind of a doomspiral and I'm really not trying to come off as a cybical asshole but I'm genuinely asking. I've joined DSA, I pay my dues, I try to help people I can and go to protests, I do my best but I still have to focus on trying to pay rent and take care of my family. But it still feels like I'm not doing ENOUGH, and I'm nobody. And I know the system is rigged this way; that if we're too busy trying to survive, we won't actually fight to change anything. And I know it's very true that most social change is never seen in the lifetimes of the people in those movements but it's just…exhausting? Disheartening? Infuriating?
Is there really any hope? Is this country really going to change. Are the PEOPLE in this country really willing to change?