10 Ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won
- frandowneyandagent
- Nov 4, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 10, 2025
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The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat's goals of fear, isolation. exhaustion and disorientation.
Daniel Hunter November 4, 2024
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It's important we squarely face Trump's victory and what there is to do about it.
Trump has already signaled the kind of president he will be: revengeful, uncontrolled and unburdened by past norms and current laws. I won't go through the litany of awful things he's pledged to do, since that's been well-established with his wonts. Project 2025 plans and excellent analyses from authoritarian experts.
Looking into an even more destabilized future is not easy. If you're like me. you're already tired. The prospect of more drama is daunting. But authoritarianism isn't going away no matter the election results. So here's some thinking about ways to orient so we can ground ourselves better for these times ahead.
I am blessed to have spent time writing scenarios about what might happen, developing trainings for a Trump win and working alongside colleagues living under autocratic regimes. One of the things they keep reminding me is that good psychology is good social change. Authoritarian power is derived from fear of repression, isolation from each other and exhaustion at the utter chaos. We're already feeling it.
Thus, for us to be of any use in a Trump world, we have to pay grave attention to our inner states, so we don't perpetuate the goals of fear, Isolation, exhaustion or constant disorientation.
TRUST YOURSELF
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