DEMOCRATS ARE WINNING AND FEELING FRUSTRATED

Managers in corporate America tell employees that “Even though we achieved our goals last month/quarter/year, we need to do better.”

Sport coaches, fresh off a win, will tell their players “We can’t let up, we made some mistakes but we got the win. We have a lot to work on before the next game.”

And couples will tell their friends and therapists “We’re doing well, but like any couple we have keep working on things.”

The gist of each of the messages is this: Do not get complacent.

Complacency invites stagnation at work, loss of purpose in sports, and contempt in relationships.

And in politics complacency fuels the worst in many citizens who are anti-democratic people, beholden to foreign interests, and who support the worst ideals of opposition parties.

Think of the fascist actions of Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis and former president Donald Trump. Think of Fox News and other right-wing, white nationalist, and republican efforts in every state that fill your news feed.

We are watching Ron DeSantis tell Floridians they cannot say the word “Gay”, that schools and universities cannot teach Black History, that college professors can be stripped of tenure, and that school teachers can be fired for defying his orders.