mjsaber

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I studied politics, and even then I never wanted to run. I just wanted to be a staffer and work on policy and tactics.

I left politics because I felt I couldn't help people, and inter party politics were not something I was interested in. I went back to school so I could help people more directly as a nurse.

I don't think I'm a great candidate, but I feel like I have to do something. No one is coming to save us, we have to so it ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I signed up on the first website, still haven't heard anything. Anyone know who I should contact to follow up?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

We need to inspire people.

This. Exactly this. Non-conservatives haven't had anyone to vote for for years, only people to vote against. Biden was anyone other than Trump. They thought that would work for Kamala, but here we are.

Related, when I tried to volunteer for the dems, all they wanted to do was have me make phone calls. I think in got an invite to knock doors like 2 days before the election. I tried to contact people several times to see how I could help energize the base or make sure people were registered and ready to vote. They kept asking me to make calls and send money. Now people like me are going to be directly hurt by these policies, the only question is how much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Those are the democratic party elite. We can no more remove them than remove one's own head.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'm a nurse with 2 degrees- I'll be an asset anywhere I go. Or I can go back to bartending - I make a mean Hot Toddy.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Our party? Democrats are no more my party than Republicans are. They are objectively the better option for someone like me given the alternative, but in no way do they represent me. They are just another element of the capitalist corporate hegemony, and I'm just a consumer to them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Seems a lot harder to get across the ocean than into Canada, but I will take any viable option at this point.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I'm in Minnesota, if you can make it up here I'll take you with me.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago (16 children)

How do I request asylum in a country that doesn't want to erase trans people?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Sealab was such a good show. A Star Trek remake (with Shatner as Kirk) would be so good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What wonderful, flippant advice. Thanks, I'm not lonely anymore!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I've been struggling like usual. Trying to meet some people so I'm not always alone, but wow, some of the folks I'm meeting are exhausting to be around.

It's been a long time since I've had a friend I can just hang out with and feel like it's not work.

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