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View submission: Tuesday Check In: How's Everybody's Mental Health?
I mean... What does "save us" mean? I don't know. And the answer is probably different for each of us.
But what I do know is that I can run into my city councilmember while I'm running errands. Or that my neighborhood association actually has the ear of the mayor. And these people are the ones that impact my daily life. If the Feds won't give us social healthcare, the discussion in my city about a publicly owned hospital might.
Quick edit: It is a retreat. I embrace that. We've failed at the national level and are in for seriously hard times. Retreat. Lick your wounds. Do what you can. And for me, I can do in my city.
Comment by WonderKindly at 21/01/2025 at 18:27 UTC*
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I deeply value both the environment and democracy. Both those things will not survive the next 4 years. That is what needs saving on a global scale. No matter how much local volunteering I do that won't prevent the massive damage that will be done to both systems.
So I think the only option is to find a way to live in a world without those values or die.
I really don't want to see what will happen next. It's going to be so bad I can't stand it. I just want to leave.