Because of Donald Trump’ presidency I (just a mom with a degree and experience in marketing/web and common sense)
- Joined the school board. If your kid is going to school with a mask on, you wish I was your school board member. I squashed that shit at city council in July 2020. My kids and their peers never had a mask mandate and we endured endless attacked from a weaponized health department. Oh yea, and when the rest of the county decided last minute to delay in-person instruction in the Fall, I helped the board to keep our original start date and keep our promise to the parents for in-seat instruction so they could get back to work!
- Joined the stewardship Comittee of my church (know where the funds are going and why and propose ventures that help the community at large)
- Coached my kids soccer team. Bringing up young kids to show good sportsmanship, play by the rules and work up a sweat is just a good thing to give to the next generation.
- I don’t feel helpless. I know what I have done impacted my local community and encouraged conservative Ideals that benefit everyone.
DJT inspired me to give of myself, even when it was inconvenient, even when I didn’t get paid (member all the salary GEOTUS didn’t take?)
He showed us the way. Stop being doomers, and become doers.
I can understand both sides of the argument. Yes, I think everybody needs to pull a Jordan Peterson and "clean up their room" and "find the heaviest thing that they can carry and pick it up."
That being said, even if you do everything right and improve your local community, you're still going to live as a tax slave and the government will take from you (by force if necessary) whatever it wants to pay for things you hate.
Beyond that, people here watched as the 2020 election was stolen in broad daylight and virtually every avenue we pursued was blocked by compromised or corrupt figures.
I agree that people should be doing everything they can locally. However, I think that we're ultimately headed for massive civil conflict, if not a war of genocidal proportions. The prerequisites for civil war are already in place. It's just a matter of time. I, for one, hope we fight back. I am aware of the cost of doing so and I am of the opinion that fighting, however bloody, is preferable to dying as a slave or without so much as a whimper of push back.
So get involved in the children of your community so they challenge authority. You don’t think every last one of our students wonders why the hell everybody else is walking around with a face diaper? I absolutely am not here to toot my own horn. Trump paved the way, he sacrificed literal billions. But my tiny little impact provides a counter factual to the norm. That is a huge, important thing to do. Show the counter-factual of self governance. Show these kids the counter factual of self reliance and challenging “authority”.
Create a space where freedom can thrive in young lives. I think there is nothing better to do.
My six year old literally told the doctor as his well-check last month that “masks don’t work. So why is everyone wearing one in a hospital?”
The dr replied “well, I have an n-95 mask so it’s a special mask that stops more of the droplets that have bad germs”
My 6 year old, without missing a beat said “then where are your goggles?”
Look, it’s small.
But it’s enormous.
Teach them to be ungovernable. And pave a way for them to see and thrive in the “counter culture” you can create on a small scale.
Get on your school board. Get on whatever board needs a volunteer. They literally all need willing workers. Now.
Thank you for your original post and this response.
Please come back soon after you've taken a break to recharge. You're exactly the kind of person we need in the game.