As we once more enter the chaotic circus of Trumpistan, I'm taking a much more protective stance towards politics. Surviving the next four years requires public and private safeguards against total collapse.
I'm heterosexual White guy of some means, so I'm not worried about being deported or having my reproductive rights stripped away. When these things happen, I will have to temper my outrage to some degree, or I simply won't survive the coming storm. My friends who are outraged at the shit Matt Gaetz says and does are going to struggle to maintain that anger without burning out. This is about outlasting Trump.
In the private sphere, I'm trying to figure out how to navigate a country where Trump's Treasury Secretary has to bend the knee again and again to policy madness. Should I prepare my retirement portfolio for the inflation of tariffs or the recessionary impact of deportations and the slow down in trade? I'd like to retire - though my profession would allow me to work past 65 - and the timing of Trump 2.0 is really not ideal.
So, Democrats, when you come begging for my money, just understand why I can't open my wallet except a wee bit.
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