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Last Day at Work [1]
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Date: 2025-03-07
I am both angry & sad. Angry because this did not have to happen. The Lunatick Faux King should have long been behind bars. The danger he posed we all saw in his first term. The way it ended should have been seen as the warning shot for a long-planned revenge. Here we all are now, living that revenge.
Sad because I really liked the place I am leaving at day's end. It is a good place, does good work globally for the neediest of people, & there is no way it should be teetering badly from the Tr-usk rampage. And my situation, this company's situation, is mirrored & echoed by countless similar situations.
How do we get out of this? Like any long-in-the-making abusive situation, where the hits just keep getting harder, & the sense of hope keeps diminishing, we start by saying, "No." And that first time may hardly be a whisper in the heart. Will mean nothing to the abuser. But "No," again & again. And then "No" followed by the actions that build it up. Again & again. Through the wins & the losses. No. No. NO. NO.
Because this is a nation of laws, not men, no matter the Lunatick Faux King's mirthless musings on the matter, we make sure we are registered to vote. Make sure our neighbors & friends & relatives are registered to vote. This will count much soon enough.
We keep up on the news, as much as possible. Realize that when bad men take charge, they intend to stay, & they intend to do worse as time goes on. They will not fairly negotiate. They will not collaborate in good faith. They will lie & lie & lie. That's where "No" & "No" & "No" comes in handy, time & again.
We tend to our mental & physical health, & to that of our loved ones. This is going to be a long fight, often dirty & unhappy & lonely. The victories will come too. Sometimes in the courts, sometimes in the streets. Sometimes something more personal.
I might take a few days off before I go job hunting. Job hunting is brutal to the psyche. But I will find more work, as I always have. And those like me who are looking will find work too. But this, too: finding work is part of never forgetting why this happened. And being part of the fight to cause it never to happen again.
As someone brilliant once said, paraphrasing Dr. King, "The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice. But sometimes it just takes a little longer."
Peace,
Raymond
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