[colechristensen]

A key lesson is that there is always a large proportion of the population which will cheer this kind of action.

You can't lay blame on the people doing this and feel like you're done. Unfortunately they're always going to exist. You have to lay blame on the people defending against them. They failed in their defense and here we are.

The difficulty in stopping it scales with how long you let it fester.

Last time it was a world war which could have threatened extinction.

We're still in the phase where people are hoping doing nothing will make it all better or denying outright the threat.

[1659447091]

Instead of this "lay[ing] blame" nonsense, we focus on owning our own personal responsibility and build from there. Without that solid foundation everything else eventually crumbles and we are no good for ourselves -- let alone others

[colechristensen]

My personal responsibilty involves holding the representatives I voted for accountable for their actions... or lack thereof and to call out anyone with the "we didn't do it, we were helpless to do anything" attitude.