@magitweeter

I use "we" all the time when talking about the shitty things the United States does to avoid absolving myself of responsibility.

I use "we" because I am part of this country and the rest of the world will blame me just as much as a MAGAt. Who I voted for doesn't matter at this point. The fact that I've voted against this fascist rise consistently doesn't matter.

At best, my government tolerates and pays lip service to caring about people like me and my wife. At present, it actively hates us both.

Does that matter? Do our disabilities and our marginalized identities matter?

I should have done more. I should have stopped it. I should have made a difference.

It's the collective "we" of "we, the people", a lie that was never true. We bare responsibility with no power. Those who should be held accountable never will be. So "we, the people" have to carry the guilt.

We let this happen. Is that true? It feels true.

I am not blameless, but this? This is not my fault. This was a carefully built, multistage plan designed by private think tanks and perfected over there-quarters of a century. Billions, if not trillions of dollars, have been spent to make sure this happened.

The authoritarians want us to feel culpable. They want us to believe it's our fault, that we brought this on ourselves, just like every other abuser.

I should stop saying "we" did this and acknowledge it was done to me and to us.