Among other unpaid activities in my life, I served on my County’s Affirmative Action Commission for 13 years, and only left it when two things happened: the citizens of California voted to abolish AA and I could see the end of the Commission coming within the next year; and as I told my colleagues, I could no longer be their chair (after 7 of those years) because I needed to focus on writing a dissertation.
I did that, got my degree, then used up a lot of energy opposing Dubya. I still believed. I still believed all during Obama’s time — I simply had no idea of the depth or savagery of the backlash that was building.
It was Trump’s era that kicked me in the gut, repeatedly, as the naked fascism of Trump and the governmental rot that supported him were revealed.
Joe Biden is an exceptionally good man, but the rot is still there and the SCOTUS picked by Trump crony McGhan and installed by McConnell, delivered another gut-punch with Dobbs. I supported Planned Parenthood for over 50 years…
I no longer know what to do. All the things I thought were settled progress and good for the country, like the Voting Rights Act and Roe v. Wade and Affirmative Action, have been overturned. Fascism is on the rise — along with the sea level. My biggest fear is that when we pass on, the country we leave behind will be mean and shabby, even though Joe Biden provides the countercurrent.
Sorry to be such a downer, but I join you in late night deepest fears. 
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