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Yeah I was a burn-it-all-down person too when I was in my 20's. It hits differently now after 40 years of work and the desire to retire and play with my grandkids. I guess in the current batch of 20'something's eyes that makes me The Man. I admire their spirit but scoff at their lack of empathy, the same lack I had. Fucking irony.

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Might be better than putting it off until the discontent grows to the point that the young generation sees it fit to kill us off or confiscate everything we have and leave us standing in breadlines and living in collectivized apartments.

Tell me what to do. I go to protests. I vote. I volunteer for Indivisible. What ELSE should I be doing?

Keep the focus on the evidence and the science. We have Picketty's book on Capital, Peter Turchin's research exposing elite capture and elite overreach, and perhaps most important the experience of digging our way out of the great depression with strong regulations, high taxes, and pervasive unionization of labor. Promoting the idea that we understand what is going on, have been here before, and know ways out can be very empowering.

Thanks. Honestly I'm terrified about what is happening, and feel 100% impotent. I worry that no matter how many protests we have, he and his fascist ideology are still winning. Voting every 2 years doesn't seem to be doing much.

Why is playing with your grandkids more important than making sure that they have a future to look forward to? Maybe there is a lack of empathy on both sides.

Tell me what to do. I go to protests. I vote. I volunteer for Indivisible. What ELSE should I be doing?

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