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Welcome to this little corner of the internet. I feel you on not being able to just sit around and hoping it blows over. I had a rather traumatic epiphany back in 2019 that I wasn't going to be able to sit on the sidelines while fascism takes hold. I feel a lot better nowadays despite everything going on because I started finding people in my local community who felt the same way and wanted to make tangible change in our lives and the lives of others.
Good! I hope to find more of that here, and I know getting off the internet is a good start, but it's hard when it seems like most people are basic Democrats/neoliberals. Or not necessarily bad or wrong, just not really invested