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I've been wanting to make a politically-focused post for a while. There's a lot of blah blah blah blah going on in American politics right now, a lot of hyperbole and obfuscation and I wanted to say a few words on it.

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My biggest problem with Mitt Romney is that he doesn't realize how good he's always had it, how lucky he's been. He can't see his own privilege and honestly thinks that hard work is the answer to every question. He can't seem to understand that hard work can only get you part of the way and that institutional inequalities, be they economic, racial, gendered, or class-based, can hold you down regardless of how "deserving" you happen to be.

But then, I'm clearly a hippie socialist, so what do I know?

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I'm trying to get my writing mojo back. This whole not writing thing is killing me, you guys. Anyway, I "borrowed" a prompt table from somewhere around these here internets and I'm going to try to use it for some original fiction writing.

I've explored some of these themes before, but the post-apocalypse never seems to get old.

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