You know why #GenX is tired? Our whole damn lives we’ve been watching Democrats come to power, create prosperity, try to advance social justice & human rights. Then the GOP comes to power and destroys it. We’ve spent our whole lives trying to claw back. And we’ve gotten nowhere.

I’m 47. I’ve needed the protections of Roe in my lifetime. I needed the ACA, I need protections for LGBTQIIA Americans. It’s been in my grasp and taken away. While wages haven’t moved. I’ve retrained for jobs over and over. I’ve accumulated no wealth. The future is uncertain.

I’ve paid into Social Security my whole life, knowing it probably won’t be there for me. I live in fear of a health set back that will destroy my small nest egg. I have an aging parent, and many my age have that and school age children. Every 10 years a recession, & endless wars.

And even with all that. I know I’m privileged. I am better off than most. During this pandemic I still have a job. I still have a roof. I can pay my bills. So I’ll keep talking, keep voting, keep working. But something has to change. Because our planet is dying. Right now.

The next generation, and the one after that. It’s all different for them. I don’t have kids to be worried about. But I’m still worried. If we let it all go. Democracy. Justice. The ability to breathe clean air, live in this world. What was it all for? All this struggle?

I don’t know yet. Step 1 is we have to put leadership in place from school boards to the White House that cares about the people it serves. That’s not political, caring. That’s the least we can do. I’m still tired. But I won’t give up. I know you’re tired. But, let’s go. #VOTE

This occasional thread containing rage against the dying of the light, brought to you by the continuum of shitty world events and impending doom. Here’s a sleeping dog for balance.