I’m done. I’m serious, sadly, done. Although I’ll aggressively vote my conscious, and I’ll aggressively research and vote against anybody who’s soft on gun regulations or is aligned with the NRA and their agenda, I’m throwing in the blood-soaked towel on any hope that we, as a collective nation, will do a fucking thing to address gun violence, school shootings, and the carnage that is the accelerating unraveling of a society once founded on morals, integrity, and respect. Life, liberty, and happiness are all under siege. Because crossed the line of both tolerance and influence.
I used to have hope. I used to be more impacted by this sort of thing, as evidenced by this and other historical posts, filled with disbelief and angst, and hope for some ability to effect a change.
Not anymore. I’m done. I have lost all hope. We’re disabled and we are in denial. We will never change this. I can’t, my and our votes can’t, and the hopeful efforts and best intentions of the next generation of young adults and voters won’t affect a change either. No matter how much we and they care, the decisions are fully based on the power of the lobbyists, those influenced by their greed and lack of humanity, and those whose selfish paranoia blinds them to reason and compromise.
How will it ever change? I don't know that it ever will. If it does, I don't expect to be alive to see it. I would like to hope my children will, ... but we're back to having hope, and I don't.