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Political Senioritis in Late-Stage U.S.A.
Why anti-Trump “resistance fatigue” might not be a cause for alarm
On Monday, January 20th, I logged onto The Guardian (my usual go-to for a daily glance at the headlines) and froze. I’d spent the morning working and casually messaging with a friend in England, somehow completely forgetting that a new president was being sworn in across the country. I quickly scrolled down, deciding to delay, or hopefully, bypass altogether, whatever emotions that would instill in me. I saw that Leonard Pelletier’s sentence had been commuted on Biden’s last day in office and decided that was all the news I needed for the day.
It turned out to be just about all the news I would read for the rest of the month. It’s nearly impossible in this day-and-age to remain completely oblivious to the major headlines, of course. Countless Signal messages popped up on my phone, updates from groups of community organizers talking about the Los Angeles fires or the upcoming ICE raids. Texts came in from family and friends with articles on what fresh hell the dawn of Trump 2.0. had unleashed. I barely spared a glance for any of them. All I’ve done with my free time is binge-watch Dislcaimer and chip away at my novel.
Try as I might to muster the requisite feeling of outrage and activation, I just can’t get into…
