Submitted by Sunset_Peach in AskRaddle
I live in a rural place surrounded by republicans, one of my neighbors even flies that yellow "don't tread on me" flag. I can't drive (working on getting my license tho) and my job is part-time with my mom because she can drive me there with her.
It's really depressing me that I can't get anyone on my side and there's no big protests I can join because those all happen in cities.
Maybe I can do online stuff? But I'm not sure what, though. Suggestions?
timefocus wrote
You can do whatever you wish. Fuck protests, keep your consumption to a minimum, get self-sufficient and read, comrade, read. And enjoy the rural life, never forget enjoying life.
Online projects are also a great idea, if you are into programming, go into open source. If you are not, learn programming. If you are into "facts", contribute to wiki, if you are into arts, do your arts. Help out your mother with daily home work (do your dishes ffs). World is your oyster, forget the my side their side bullshit, there are only degrees of escaping enslavement, and it sounds like you are at a pretty free place.
Remember that they want your world to be about the current politician on the top of the shit heap, and not letting your life revolve around that is in itself an act of revolution.
Or you can move into the beautiful decaying mountain of trash urban life and try that for a while. Your choice really.
Good luck.