I think I've come to the conclusion before that it's causative, and [us part] is a small clause — otherwise the case on 'us' is mysterious

actually I remain uncertain if the 'do' is a light verb/tense thing, or if it's a causative like 'make'

yes I think I may have even finished grad school by the time I figured that one out

fwiw I was a grad student when I finally pieced together that "have you any wool" was a polar question about possession

to be clear: stuck with them for now

we need to tear down the buses that we are trapped on while we build the high speed rail

I did not call you stupid, I never would. I don't know you.

in fact, I was calling the movie smarter than me.

I was agreeing with you that America has always been genocide

I am saying to move away from it we need to work in the system we are still trapped in until we can break out

I don't know why you think I am not fighting? why you think I don't want to fight?

I work inside the system while we break it down

if you want a better articulation of what I mean, the Matrix did it better

I didn't say anything like that?

I said we should be moving away from genocide, which means that's where we've been? that's literally the entire point of that post

I vote with eyes wide open. the other option is to abdicate the small amount of power that I am currently allocated.

I didn't say it was inevitable

I said we are stuck with our current system for now. we need to work it as best we can.

while we also break it apart and rebuild it while it's moving so that it, at minimum, doesn't take us to genocide.

we disagree that there are other buses available at the moment

I never said don't protest

scroll back on my TL even a little and you'll say that I'm saying: actively protest, fuck shit up, everything is terrible right now. the problem is concentrated power. so my current (not only) goal is vote in people who'd be more susceptible to pressure by the people.

yes I agree that we're both saying neither does

we need a high speed rail, but we are stuck with these shitty buses at least until November

you don't know my life and I don't know yours. I don't want to start fights with people, but rather discussions about opinions.

hi yes, I do listen to trans people. part of listening is knowing that there are multiple types of trans people with multiple types of opinions, and I did not mean to represent all trans people as a monolith, which is why I deleted that post that could be read as saying that.