Here's a crazy idea: They cheated.

Change is difficult. Get ready for everything to be different – now is not the time to be stubborn and inflexible. https://michaelboezi.com/wired/

It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8
I study the 19th century and the 2020s look a lot like 1820s. Frequent epidemics? Check. Inflation? Check. Xenophobia and deportation schemes? Check. Womens rights losses? Check. Rampant backlash against womens economic freedoms and jobs outside the home? Check. 2/8
Growth of carceral facilities? Check. Legislation to forcibly institutionalize disabled people? Check. Targeted attacks on Indigenous peoples? Check. Extreme religious fervor? Check. Efforts to shape public school curriculum with religious rhetoric? Check. Tariffs? Check. 3/8
The antebellum era was a time of progress, but it was also a time fuelled by hate. Slavery fuelled the economy, and antislavery efforts were not very radical on the whole. Hatred against immigrants was widespread and poverty was extensive. 4/8
Everything we are seeing right now happened in the early 1800s. And these choices were fuelled by white supremacy, misogyny, and xenophobia. I really wish more people understood that we've been here and done this. Life only got better for those who actively oppressed others. 5/8
Its time to learn from that history if you havent already. We cannot go back to that. For anyone despairing, its also time to learn from the radical activists who shaped resistance. 19th century activists didnt lose hope, we cannot lose hope either. 6/8
Abolitionists, womens rights organizers, workers rights unions, disability rights orgs, and pro-immigration orgs did the work under far worse circumstances with very little global solidarity. We have better tools, connections, and resources. 7/8
If youre in despair, pick up a history book. Before every win for human rights came a fight for it. We are now a part of that fight. We are not alone. We have all of these histories to guide us. 8/8
People have been asking for book recs - I will make a google sheet next week with some recs! This weekend I am resting, spending time in nature, and making crafts. The work to protect human rights never stops - carve out rest when/where you can.

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One theory of democracy is that its main purpose is to allow peaceful revolutions. The idea is that majorities voting in elections approximate the result of a coup. In 1962, John F. Kennedy famously said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_revolution

“There’s no upside when you’re upside down.” #disinformation
https://michaelboezi.com/upside/

America: (I see you)
Sanding down the sadness
Polishing your past
We all thought you had this
But knew it wouldn't last
https://michaelboezi.com/disconsolate-eyes/

It took 40 years, but it’s finally 1984.

Full confirmation now:
2016: They’re just stupid
2024: They’re also sadistic

You stupid bastards.

You might think that the DNC will finally learn that fighting the far right from a center-right position never works. But they won't. The failure of America is that there's no credible left wing movement.

Putin's Puppet & The Toxic Proxies will shriek "socialism," but Democrats are basically 80s-era Republicans. Forty-four years and the "far left" is nothing more than warmed-over Reaganism.

At least we won't see this fucking needle ever again.

Time to admit: This is who we are.

Today I choose to believe in the American people. The real, everyday Americans behind the scenes, the people who do their jobs and keep the place running. https://youtube.com/shorts/ooGYGg6A3u0

#electionday #election2024 #electionday2024 #election #uselection #vote #politics

If you're still paying #JoeRogan, today's a really good day to stop.

There are alternatives to #Spotify. It's a choice.

@MostlyHarmless Sawdust might actually make it healthier.

Renounce our programming.
Unlearning is the real freedom.

The #billionaires are still not satisfied.

They have everything, and they still want more.

In the graveyard for #Halloween tonight. Play safe everyone!

Excerpt from: Graveyard of Good Intentions | Lyrics and Music by Michael Boezi ℗&© 2024 Control Mouse Media, LLC. ISRC: QZU4R2499044 https://youtube.com/shorts/gX87OEz57cA

They steal my royalties and now they want to steal my time too.

I'm going to challenge myself by playing all brand new tunes this show – you get a sneak preview of the record that I'm working on at The Jungle Sunday 10/13 9pm.

We'll cover a wide array of topics:
how old habits confine us,
how no one's coming to save us
how to solve the "Billionaire Problem"
how life goes on amid daily horrors,
how silence isn't a great strategy,
how art & music are changing,
how advocating change is depleting,
and how no one really seems to GAS.

I honor my commitment to supporting other indie artists every month on Bandcamp Friday. My purchases are public, so you can support them too: https://bandcamp.com/mboezi

I have very talented friends and no I don't care if this comes off as virtue signaling.