Today, I posted something that got no one's attention. And I can't blame people for looking elsewhere for something interesting to read. However, one of the problems with being confident in one's ability to interact with the world as a transgender female is that there is often nothing to say about the experience. Most of us transgender people are able to go out and about in our worlds with only minor complaints from the peanut galleries.
The first post I made today was triggered by something that bothers me: The plethora of computer wire interface standards, and having to have cables for every type of device I own. Obviously, few people are concerned about all the extra cables which need to be carried when one goes away on a trip. I guess most people take this for granted these days.
Just because I had nothing to say didn't mean that my concerns about life have gone away. I still see the power grab from the fundamentalist and authoritarian right wing to be a major threat to me and civil society. But there's only so much I can say about this before I get sick to my stomach. People like our former president, the governor of Florida, and the governing majority of several state legislatures are a existential threat to all of us.
In the past, I've said that Liberals aren't much of a threat to society, as they focus on the needs of the individual. Individuals tend to have a harder time imposing their will on groups made up of other individualistic personalities, as they are not as prone to need authority figures to authorize their behaviors. This serves as a check and balance on Liberals' ability to impose extreme positions on others lives. However, I have grown to believe that radical conservatism is a grave threat to society, as power hungry individuals find conservatives easy to manipulate because they need authority figures to both authorize and choose the actions conservative people will take. They follow a "primitive brain" need to follow leaders who have achieved "top dog" status by the use of some sort of power. They follow these leaders out of fear, and adjust their beliefs to fit stories told by those leaders.
There will always be a tension between the needs of the individual and the needs of society. The 2023 debt limit debate has been used as a tool to bludgeon the liberals to give up supporting individuals in need. At the time I'm writing this entry, I have no idea how this political issue will be resolved. But I know one thing - the lunatics are now in charge of the US House of Representatives, and they pose the greatest risk to us all, both conservative and liberal alike.
