cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1235213/how-do-you-keep-yourself-sane-and-happy-while-1-right-wing-fascists-are-getting-powerful
How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?
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I left the US before the current idiot’s first term and have only set foot back there twice to see family. It still bothers and depresses me.
I still vote and being a US citizen still makes my financial life pain, but it otherwise doesn’t impact me directly. I suspect most of my family is generally happy with the direction of things (though not all). That makes it worse.