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Pick Your Battles and Know Your Allies
What can you do in the face of this madness?
How the fuck did we get here? Why do they think starting a trade war will do anyone any good at all? Oh, right, because they only care about what lines their pockets and fuck the rest of us.
I’m scared. I can’t deny that. Watching the nation that I call home being ripped apart by this ludicrous, unconscionable excuse for a human being and his sycophants is depressing, horrifying, upsetting, and infuriating. Why those with the ability to put this madman in check refuse to act is beyond comprehension.
The biggest, most maddening thing about this is that there isn’t a damned thing I can do. I voted in the election, I can make calls, send emails, attend protests, and boycott many of the offensive companies supporting this shitshow. And that’s about it.
Accepting that there is nothing more I can do about this is distressing. People I care about are being impacted, and there is nothing I can do.
Chances are, you feel this, too. If you have any kindness, compassion, and empathy in your soul, I presume you’re feeling this. Hence, like me, you probably feel a bit hopeless, afraid, uncertain, stressed, and lost — or some combination therein.
