The election is barely over, and the incoming administration is still months away from taking office, let alone taking any official action. And yet.
Already, corporations are raising prices in anticipation of the lean times to come (and with the assurance that there will be no meaningful effort to curb arbitrary price hikes).
Already, businesses are canceling bonuses so they can stockpile supplies before the promised tariffs hit.
Already, girls are facing taunts of "your body, my choice".
Already, Black students are receiving messages telling them they should report to plantations for cotton picking duty.
Already, calls to crisis hotlines have spiked to many times their usual volume.
Already, hate is emboldened.
Already, the world is a darker and more dangerous place.
And there's no reason to believe it won't get worse before it gets better. If it gets better. But we need to believe that it can get better, and strive to make it possible.
Perhaps a variation on the serenity prayer is in order.
Lord, grant me the power to endure what is beyond my ability to prevent, the courage to make a difference where I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Feel, grieve, commiserate. But stave off despair, and never give up.
(Yes, I threw in a Zelda reference. Things are so much simpler in video games. Where there is evil, you invariably have a clear means to fight it head-on. If you succeed, problem solved! If you fail, you can just load and try again. And if you still can't prevail, well, you can always put the game aside, no real harm done.)
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