Look, gang. We’re living in one of those dark nights of the soul sort of moments, what with the global far-right power grab and white Evangelical Christians acting like they’re being persecuted because not everyone agrees with Palestinian genocide. It’s hard to consume any sort of news media without falling into a state of despair. And it’s even harder to fight the feeling that you’re a worthless piece of shit because you can’t handle hearing what’s happening in the world when so many others are actually experiencing the bad stuff.
But that doesn’t mean it’s time to lose hope. In fact, I would argue it’s the perfect time to make sure you’re keeping that hoping machine running, just like Woody Guthrie told you to. And when that hoping machine is going good and strong, it’s time to tune up the ol’ fascist killing machine.
Unless, of course, your fascist-killing machine has been made obsolete by recent software upgrades. You know, where your laptop or whatever is working fine, but is no longer compatible with any of the programs you need to use because the computer manufacturers want you to buy a new laptop instead of trucking along with the one that’s been working fine for years?