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CrispyQ

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2. Wow!! An excellent commentary!!
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 01:20 PM
Feb 2025

Long, but worth the read! I tend toward pessimism so this was really lifting. It's not a bunch of empty hope, but facts about what's actually happening & ideas for how to move forward.

People are doing things. You will meet those people when you start doing things.


and this...

And yes, I know many are afraid. We have seen the vindictiveness of Trump. But we will either act now or wait until autocracy has become so unyielding that we will no longer be able to exercise our basic rights. You will become less afraid when you feel part of a group, so try and pull together a group of friends, or join a civic organization so that you are not alone. But do not give away your power and our hope that we can prevail against some of these terrible excesses. Just be careful and strategic.


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