You’ll know your body best, but it does take quite some effort to take in and process information.

On very tired days I typically only review my notes (to keep up the SRS) and/or do some admin. Also I try to make sure it’s not only studies having to compromise when my energy is flagging.

I’m not sure I understand.

Saying “We can do better than Trump/Fascism/Corruption/Kleptocracy” seems far from normalising the current state?

It’s protesting what-aboutism, already disconnected from the topic.

Did you know that right leaning voters lack empathy for others, whereas left leaning voters understand both sides of the arguments?

Why are you protesting? It’s just accurately explaining the political divide.

Ooh, are you protesting what-aboutism on a what-about reply? Seems a tad bigoted, no?

What’s wrong with the message “We should be doing better, not worse”?

Seems preferable to the “hurt people who also want the things I have” that seems the core of conservatism.

Fool me once, shame on me, fool me 20 times and I should sign away half my country’s mineral wealth for no guarantees and no gains…

Who is?

Who made Trump happen?

I’m sorry you feel powerless to affect your country, but there is no one else to. Abdicating that responsibility neither removes the consequences, nor exculpates you.

In a rioting mob, even the people not setting fire to things are in part responsible for the riots.

In your survival, head-in-the-sand, mode you are normalising the situation, you are providing legitimacy, you are enforcing the current order.

The other side can say “look, this dude’s not protesting, they have a great life under Great Leader”, they can ignore you and put those resources to oppress others instead (women, trans, homosexuals, foreigners, allies), they can march right past your house to take the capital.

Your inaction is also a choice, a choice that emboldens and enables the fascists.

If you don’t act, who should? If you don’t act now, will there be another time?