So... Part 2. And then I'm moving on...
Because it's not. The economy isn't why Americans re-elected Donald Trump and it isn't why Canadians will elect Pierre Poilievre Prime Minister.
Democracy activists die in its prisons but Russia is openly gloating about Trump's win because, of course, Russia won, too. Ukraine will be destroyed, more Ukrainians will be murdered.
Likely NATO is over. Cue the celebration from some even in our own families and circle of friends.
Do we need more proof that former Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, works for Vladimir Putin? Why? Everything else about him has proven to be a lie. He's not modest, humble, disinterested in money, travel. Why believe his self-serving lie he ever talked tough to Putin? Just don't expect our media to say a word by way of contradicting him, though.
We're supposed to take the traitor's word for it, not look at what's he actually does. Donald Trump is Putin's Puppet. Stephen Harper helped re-elect him President of the United States. That makes Stephen Harper Putin's Puppet, too.
And Canadians will vote for his successor, the odious creep, Pierre Poilievre, and there's just not a whole lot any of us supporters of liberal democracy can do about it because there's no reasoning with the unreasonable. The US is the wealthiest multicultural democracy in the world and they just voted to re-elect Donald Trump, a fascist, president.
So what are you going to do to stay sane? I'm taking a couple of courses within the arts community, so surrounding myself with like-minds twice a week, and joining a community center to partake in all its many offerings to stay fit AND support my local community.
Also, I'm finally going to try my hand at some of the Great Canadian Baking Show challenges. I could feel it later, the last time I had to really pay attention to what I was doing in the kitchen, a shift had taken place in my body/mind. It's the concentrating on the doing. And I keep it all pretty manual because that's part of the process for me.
Don't worry. Although I've whipped cream by hand, I use an electric gadget now.
We have a new bakery in the neighbourhood and while I'm a regular for their bread I'm also trying out their other offerings visit by visit. I want to do more puff and filo pastry delights, custards, fancy desserts.
Thanks to the courses I'm taking I have a better idea of how to adapt my book to a play format. I have the parameters I didn't know I needed, but also a place for it to be performed once finished.
The creative universe is working out so that's where I'm going to put my focus while the political universe goes down the toilet.
We need to hold fast to each other, those of us of like-mind. We all have family and/or friends we just can't square that circle with, politically, and it's not nothing. For some of us it might even be everything. We've been told all our lives we have to stick with our original people, but no, we don't. I've seen the light on Bernie Sanders. I can even confess to having always known Hillary Clinton was a mistake. Joe Biden's insistence on "standing by" Israel while US and Israeli citizens alike demonstrated against its murderous retribution against Palestinian families for October 7 was catastrophic for democracy world over and helped re-elect Putin's Puppet, Donald Trump.
But not Ukraine. Our standing by Ukraine is not a mistake, it's vital. I can't argue with people who disagree on that. I won't. And if they insist, well, I have to protect my peace.
Even family and/or friends who think it doesn't matter, or worse, welcome the re-election of Donald Trump - whether because they believe Russia was in the right to invade Ukraine, or the Democratic Party is in the wrong for this or that, or Kamala Harris is just a younger Hillary Clinton because she's a liberal Feminist and not the firebrand on the Left we really needed - I don't know that I want a relationship with them at all.
How do we break bread with friends and family on the other side of WWIII?
I don't really know why I was suffering nausea attacks but it's been a while since I've experienced one. Maybe it's just accepting people as they are, but maybe it's recognizing my first responsibility is to me, and speaking up for myself. I wasn't ready to go out, celebrate, on Mother's Day in 2022, after which I had my first attack. I'm far too sensitive for that.
I'm no less sensitive now but I'm smarter about looking after myself.
Be smarter about looking after yourself, too. Don't waste your time and effort and sanity arguing about politics online or off. Leave Twitter to its fascist owner. Change the subject if a family member or friend tries to suck you in to their nonsense. Leave the scene if you want.
Most importantly, protect your peace. This is hard. And don't let anybody tell you different.
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