I just don’t know how to not ruminate about the fact that my country is running fucking death camps. There were ICE raids in neighborhoods in my city, neighborhoods that my students lived in (before they made it impossible to teach and be trans).
The government of my state is absolutely failing. I advocated for a child in foster care for a while - when I found messages between her and an adult man and tried to get anyone to do anything about it, they suggested that I might be sexually abusing her myself.
Everything is backwards. Skill and merit don’t matter anymore, while they pretend they’re getting rid of “DEI” - which in effective means they’d rather have an unqualified white guy than the most qualified POC or queer person.
I just don’t get it. Why is the world so fucking evil?
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The world is evil because psychopaths control all institutions and hierarchies of power. We developed a system of government that allowed this to happen and then did nothing for 70 years. This is what it looks like when psychopaths are pulling most, if not all, levers of power.
We are living through an inflection point in history, with the most recent analog being the run up to WWII. We’re in the decadent “Roaring 20s” again, with the market crash and financial collapse leading into “The Greatest Depression” right around the corner (maybe late 2026 for the market crash). Things are going to get much, much worse before they get better, and sadly, the U.S. is evil empire in this ride on the merry go round.
Moreover, all of this seems strange and unprecedented, because it’s never happened in our lifetimes. I’m a GenXer, and I’ve had the good fortune to have lived though an extraordinary period of relative peace and prosperity, and know nothing else. I’ve never had to worry about being drafted and sent to war to risk my life and watch my friends die. I’ve never seen my town shot up or bombed. Never had to fear an invading force. Never seen people rounded up and killed. None of this has ever been even a remote consideration for me, despite it having happened throughout history, and also having happened to people in 3rd world countries during my lifetime. I’ve lived a life of extraordinary privilege without even knowing it.
Well, as the saying goes: “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” MAGA is the epitome of weak men creating hard times. They cry about how unfair it is when women, minorities, and LGBT folks get fair and equal treatment, and are completely ignorant of how precarious the U.S.'s position is atop the world order. All they see is military power and their hunger for more. They want to subjugate people they’ve been taught to hate, and take everything for themselves, a mindset that ignores everything that put the U.S. in a privileged position in the first place. For those of us that see disaster looming on the horizon, it’s incredibly frustrating that we can’t seem to do anything to change course. While all of this is new to us, the cycle has repeatedly happened throughout history.
I think a key thing to bear in mind is that you don’t have to stay in the U.S. and be a part of it. The world is a big place, and if properly motivated there are other places you can relocate to that aren’t at the epicenter of chaos. There is a lot happening that you can’t change, but you don’t have to be passive and take it. Now is probably the best time to make a change, because when the shit hits the fan it’s going to become exponentially more difficult.
I think a key thing to bear in mind is that you don’t have to stay in the U.S. and be a part of it.
I cannot afford to leave. Because I am one of those people that the law binds, but does not protect, my cis husband got essentially ALL of our resources in the divorce. I had to drop out of my master program, and I am working as much as I can with gig work and no benefits to at least try to afford to get to a safe state.
I’ve had multiple job offers rescinded when they discovered that I was trans. Had an offer on my dream job last year - they literally cited Trump’s EO when they revoked my offer.
People keep saying “apply to be a refugee!” but places like Canada don’t want us. The UK wouldn’t be safe, it looks like AFD is gaining power in Germany. It doesn’t seem like Europe is the safe place; it feels like nowhere is safe.
I don’t have a lot of connection in my personal life either. My parents didn’t want me, and most other people in my state are hardline conservatives. I pass as a man, but as a gay man, and I’m just not welcome in my local community.
It just feels like base human nature is to be stupid, cruel and lazy - that this is the path that everything eventually goes.
You re definitely in a tough spot, and there are no easy answers. Being a “refugee” from the U.S. at this point really isn’t a thing yet, as the rest of the world is still coming to grips with what is happening here. However, just because refugee status isn’t possible doesn’t mean that relocating isn’t possible. Most countries grant student visas fairly easily, and there are countries like Germany, Finland, and Iceland where education is free. While a student visa isn’t permanent residency, it can serve to get you out of the U.S. for four years while the situation in the U.S. unfolds and you explore other options.
I can’t answer why, but it’s a fact: we live in a world where evil exists, and has won the fight against “good” a long, long time ago. Every proof of the opposite is propaganda. In 2026, no matter who you are, where you are or what your status in life is, having zero conscience and doing whatever the fuck you want is rewarded, not punished.
In light of all this, I would ‘join the other side’, so to speak, but I cannot. My fucking conscience won’t let me. I’ve wished I didn’t have one repeatedly but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
I feel much the same. The best I can do is give em hell and make them as uncomfortable as possible. I try to affect those nearest to me and to explain things they may not understand. The propaganda of greed and selfishness is rampant and currently winning, but the pendulum always swings back. I know it’s easier said than done, and Lord knows I struggle too, but keep your head up and keep fighting the good fight.
It feels like wrong is right, and right is wrong
If you take the word “right” in its political meaning (right v left), then your feeling is 100% spot on.
