“That’s what Texas Voted for” and other cruelties… aren’t “it”.
I can't help but feel like the people who are like “This is what Texas voted for, I don't feel bad for them” would not feel the same way about the rest of the world saying similar about the United States (“this is what the US voted for, so I don’t feel bad for them”).
Do they realize I am in Texas, and many Texans have been here for generations (longer than Texas has been part of the United States)???
Do they understand our corrupt Texas government? That marginalized Texans are captive to it in many ways???
Do they realize Texas is gerrymandered so bad that our votes barely count for anything???
Do they know we’re all connected? That what happens in Texas has a rippling effect on the rest of the country (and even the world)?
Do they realize that, in many ways, Texas is the blueprint???
Do they understand that MAGA wants to “Texas” the entire US (and Texas could be a preview of what’s coming their way)???
If MAGA has its way the whole United States will be like Texas….
But instead people keep talking, with unawareness they could easily be next…
I think people are stuck in the marketing that Canada and the USA have been promoting for generations: that these are democracies, and that the USA is even the "Leader of the Free world".
I did a thought experiment a few years ago, and came to the conclusion that I don't believe Canada is a democracy.
https://r.flora.ca/p/canadian-democracy
I wish people could move past blaming individuals for systemic problems, and recognize that the marketing of these institutions isn't true. As individuals we need to be working to dismantle and replace these systems.
I know many people who have fallen for the myth that the USA is a healthy democracy, and that the residents/citizens actually wanted what is happening. Like I think of Canada as a set of institutions and not a place or a group of people, they need to do the same with the USA and stop identifying with those (very flawed) systems.