Thankstaking

Here in the good old USA, Thursday is an annual celebration of "Thanksgiving Day." We're supposed to take a moment to sit back, reflect on what we have, and settle down with our family in a meal to celebrate the bountiful grace of our god and our freedom.

Today, I (and many others) neither have a bountiful grace or freedom. Nameless, faceless, and seemingly lawless gestapo roam the streets of the country. They round up non-white people and make them "disappear." The government, designed nearly 250 years ago, was intended to afford "We the people" the equal chance at "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" for all. This country and its current leadership actively works against those founding morals. I'm a white male. I'm relatively safe. The fact that anyone not like me is under attack is disgusting. Take away health care from the most vulnerable. Take away food benefits from children, veterans and most needy. Take away the right to love who you want. Take away the right to live the way you identify. Imprison those protecting the rights written 250 years ago.

Personally, I see my future destroyed in front of me. My mother's life care is bankrupting me. I'll end up living in my car under a bridge in a few years. Social Security and Medicare will either be gone or outsourced to private companies more focused on profits than people. There really is no hope for me to live dignified final years. Getting a start on the inevitable isn't out of the question. If it's going to be torture, might as well make it short instead of prolonged.

So Happy Thankstaking! Take my freedom. Take my dignity. Take my stability. Take my "pursuit of happiness." Take my limited future. And when you're done bending me over the dining room table without lube, leave the door unlocked so those desperate to survive and with a reason to live can take what is left.