My mental health has not been good the last few months but has gotten worst since January when the Trump administration took office. I normally do not like to follow politics and have lived through various administrations both in the USA and Canada without great consequence but the first time he was elected in 2016 it was a shock as a Canadian. It shook my faith in the American people that they could elect someone so incompetent and hurtful. I was slightly less shocked when he reelected in 2024 but what replaced it was a sense of dread and despair.
My feelings of dread and despair were in fact justified as Trump started his annexation threats to my country along with his ham-fisted economic policy of tariffs against it soon thereafter. The only sliver of hope I have left in regard to these annexation threats is that military force will not happen but even there I’m not hopeful for I’ve lost all faith in the American people and it’s crumbling democracy. The USA has a tyrant in charge of it and it’s only going to get worst in my opinion as he continues to undermine, gut and demolish its institutions.
In history classes in school I always wondered how during the lead up to WW2 there wasn’t more of a rebellion against the rise to power of Hitler and his Nazi party. I understand now that people take the path of least resistance. Keep your head down, do your work and this will all pass over. There’s nothing you can do about it anyway so why bother worrying about it? Things might be getting worst but you still have it pretty good. Don’t rock the boat. The simple fact is it boils down to the old saying. “All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.”.
So for the last few months I’ve been in a sort of mental stupor unable to do anything but basically functioning. I see now that this makes me part of the problem and how the world has gotten into this mess. I’ve decided that I will be apathetic no longer and will enjoy my life even if it means I have to fight for it.
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