chrisbrecheenwritingaboutwriting:

Please vote.

I did guilt. I did snark. I did civic duty. I did harm reduction. I got angry. This is me begging. Please…vote.

Democratic institutions won’t come to life like a bad Michael Bay movie and fight fascism themselves. Captain Separation of Powers isn’t a hero that can be called like Captain Planet when fascism is too big for the Democrateers to handle on their own. Democratic institutions are made up of people and if those people sell out, buy in, or knuckle under when confronted with a threat because they see which way the wind is blowing, there goes the institution you thought would protect you. It’s just a piece of paper….a building….an idea that no one is going to stop someone from stepping on.

The US has a long history of the ruling elite (white men) walking right through democratic institutions to get what they want when they think no one will or can stop them (and no one does). Maybe not everything gets better, but for two years we’ve been living the nightmare of how it can always get worse.

The people who have been warning us that this might be the last election before we go all in with a fascist dictatorship are the exact same people who have been right every single step of the way about what this administration would do and what it was capable of. The people who are saying there’s no way that can happen because of X institution, Y separation of powers, or Z check and balance are the same ones who have been wrong in their facehole every time they said that said there was no way would be exactly, precisely where we are today.

In case you’re keeping score.

Please vote.