Trump Won. Now What?

Many of us who stand on the side of progressiveness are disappointed (I’m not shocked) at the outcome of the Presidential Election. I am an independent voter, and I voted for Kamala Harris. Not because I found her policies in line with my view on how America can progress moving forward, but to simply prevent Donald Trump from returning to office. This was the message that Democrats ran on (+the right to continue supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians) and it ultimately is why Kamala lost. Democrats had a chance to communicate to the American populace that they understood our material needs and had plans in place to fix it. Instead they ran a campaign that constantly probed to the right. Regardless of the Democrats’ failures, it was Trump’s cult-like constituents that led to his winning. He promised them solutions without having any. He offered them safety, by spewing hatred and immigrant deportation. A large base of America chose a self-described dictator to run their Democratic Republic. A billionaire president to protect the billionaire oligarchy class elected by the poorest of the working class. With anti-intellectualism, anti-woke/DEI (coded racist language), and anti-trust of expertise on the rise America has become the theatre of the absurd. A fascist theatre with the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction in the world.

Trump is the next President of the United States, and I like many, feel the same as when we was elected in 2016; hollow. Worse than that, I feel fear. Not just for myself, but for those who Trump, his supporters, and nominated cabinet target regularly. The women in my life, those in the LGBTQ+ community, migrants (I don’t care about legal status or not), and essentially any non-white male’s life got worse. Truthfully all of our lives got worse. A tariff on all Chinese goods will cost American families thousands and could possibly sends us into another Great Depression. Deporting 20 million migrants will cost us even more as it guts the cheap labor the oligarchs and capitalism needs to run.

Now is the time to turn to and tend to our own communities. Now is the time to join revolutionary and mutual aid organizations. Now is the time to start and join unions. We must turn to each other for the protection and guidance the American government has failed to provide us. We must challenge anti-intellectualism and foster critical thinking. Turn to experts, ask them questions, and research their answers. Research everything and learn how to discern credible sources vs opinion posts. Draft plans/ solutions to your community’s problems. We must bind together and look towards the future. Voting is not the end of your civic responsibility, it is just the most visible and marketed moment. Organizations work year-round and that is how must transform our civic/political responsibility beyond elections and the upkeep of American hegemony. We must focus on the well being of our communities and therefore ourselves.

What I want from America:

Healthcare for all by expanding medicare to all ages

Expanding Social Security into a full department meant to investigate what Americans need and create laws and policies to meet those needs

Create jobs for Americans, a great way to do this would coastal and continental high speed rails

Adding a tax brackets over 500million and 1 billion would provide the steady income for funding these policies.