[etherus]

The question is: will and or when will the response to this violence exceed levels which can be controlled by the same mechanisms? I believe there is a window here, where in most countries experiencing this shift, there are still many individuals who have the power to effect change if they accept the risk. This won't be the case forever - at some point it will be few, not many. Community is important; look after it.

[avtar]

Unfortunately communities tend to be endangered species these days. Perhaps this issue and other seismic societal shifts will change that.

[etherus]

Becoming more politically active has been a massive source of community for me. And if community is already endangered (which isn't something I disagree with, by the way - so many people are inadequately supported), that's all the more reason we should find and build it.

[designerarvid]

What countries apart from the US are experiencing this shift?

[moxifly7]

half of Europe is on the verge of shifting to parties with nostalgia for 20th century fascism and the Trump admin declared it a foreign policy goal to help bring them to power.

it's red alert time.