Reading posts these last few days has me thinking that a lot of people are confused and scared about where we are right now. I want to offer a narrative analogy to clear things up.

Imagine a grotesque eldritch horror that has been feeding on the innocent for decades. This horror wears a suit of human flesh to avoid attention and make the feeding eaiser. Its a pretty standard trope

Well, this horror is the establishment. It is the horror Trump has been fighting against.

And he hit the monster hard enough, brought so much pain that its fleshy suit had to come off for the counter punch.

And it hit back hard and it hurts. It is, after all, an eldritch monster that has been feeding on us for decades.

So here we are: bloodied and scared, because even though we kind of knew about the children sacrificed, we never really imagined the monster to be quite as bad as it is, with its tendrils reaching so wide and deep. But here's the thing, the monster was always this bad. The only reason you lacked fear is through ignorance.

The mask is gone, the ignorance is gone, the monster is angry but also hurt. So even if you are afraid, you're now in a much better position to fight it.

It won't be an easy fight and there is no guarantee that we'll win, but it is way easier now than it was 4 years ago.