How to survive in these interesting – and difficult – times

By Elizabeth Dangerfield

I have often pondered what I would have done if I had lived in Germany in the late 1930s and during the war. No easy answers come to mind.

Likewise, I wonder what I would do if I lived-in present-day America where the regime of Donald Trump has Nazi overtones. It seems as if many Americans have watched passively as their democracy and freedoms have been eroded away.

When I sit down to contemplate the existential threats we face … I am overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the tragedy our actions are going to cause. So many things, including a better future for our children, will perish in a terrible and wholly preventable way. I feel unhinged by the enormity and relentlessness of it all. But life goes on.

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