I’ve been zoning out in the past week and I feel like doing a lot of things on auto pilot. I don’t really want to do anything other than talk politics it seems. It probably has to do with the Dutch election results. I’ll get over it.
I’ve made some comments on popular lefty pages on instagram, under my own name, and received death threats for it lol. I don’t mind receiving death threats on reddit or lemmygrad but to receive them on a personal level was new for me.
How are you doing?
also feeling a bit autopilot-y lately. looking forward to the winter holidays though, planning to spend time with friends
The election results depressed me so much, especially since my party BIJ1 lost their seat, after campaigning so hard for them. But somehow this made me more eager to further the socialist cause and want to be more involved in organising and activism.
Yes, we’ll go on. But we are in the municipal councils of Rotterdam, Almere and Utrecht still and have borough council members in Amsterdam West and Zuidoost so we are still represented. I think we will use this election as a learning moment. I personally also hope we will work together more with other leftist orgs like De Socialisten, NCPN, and maybe even the Belgian PVDA.
Trying hard to keep my chin up and my jaw gritted. Winter holidays feel like they get worse for my headspace every year, mix in the current geopolitical climate and the insufferability of Amerikan liberals, and it’s a wonder I haven’t outright split on anybody irl yet.
I got a new job, so balancing that with the things I’m actually interested in doing has been a process.
Other than that, I’ve been reading Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes and transcribing it onto ProleWiki. I’ve really enjoyed it so far, and I’m definitely going to read more of his works in the future.
