I think we are very kindred spirits. If you have thoughts on what to do, please share because I'm desperate to find out.
I think that US culture is far closer to Russia or Belarus in culture these days than Ukraine. The Ukrainians I know all said "why aren't the Americans all out in the streets" when Trump started doing all these things. Because that's what Ukrainians do when there's injustice. In the US, those who resist feel defeated already, because of the reelection of somebody who was clearly criminal and has no respect for democracy, and there's very little leadership on pushing back.
I think the energy may come back, we in the US may find our strength again. But the information environment is so poisoned that I fear only violence will finally break through to the poisoned minds, and I really really don't want it to come to that. Maidan happened in Ukraine because the general populace said "we won't tolerate the government beating students doing protests." In the US, we've become quite tolerant of that, and even of the masked police.
I want to stay and fight, but I don't know how. I don't know if anybody knows how. Eastern Europe is about 10-20 years ahead of where the US is in terms of government evolution, because the fall of the USSR caused a speed-run through.
I think that US culture is far closer to Russia or Belarus in culture these days than Ukraine. The Ukrainians I know all said "why aren't the Americans all out in the streets" when Trump started doing all these things. Because that's what Ukrainians do when there's injustice. In the US, those who resist feel defeated already, because of the reelection of somebody who was clearly criminal and has no respect for democracy, and there's very little leadership on pushing back.
I think the energy may come back, we in the US may find our strength again. But the information environment is so poisoned that I fear only violence will finally break through to the poisoned minds, and I really really don't want it to come to that. Maidan happened in Ukraine because the general populace said "we won't tolerate the government beating students doing protests." In the US, we've become quite tolerant of that, and even of the masked police.
I want to stay and fight, but I don't know how. I don't know if anybody knows how. Eastern Europe is about 10-20 years ahead of where the US is in terms of government evolution, because the fall of the USSR caused a speed-run through.