Life is good

In his book "Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation", Alexei Yurchak defined the term hypernormalization: "everyone in the Soviet Union knew the system was failing, but no one could imagine any alternative to the status quo, and politicians and citizens alike were resigned to maintaining the pretense of a functioning society"

Meaning: people in the USSR kept pedaling even though they could see their bike falling apart until one day the wheels fell off.

Because no one took decisive action to course correct, not enough people stood up and said "hey, we need to start fixing things now", no movement coalesced to organize and prepare, collapse became inevitable.

Now think about how we are watching the federal government implode. Agencies that help ensure we have clean water to drink and safe food to eat have been decimated. Organizations that help monitor and stop outbreaks across the world have been hobbled.

The president and his allies are enriching themselves by robbing the rest of us. Taking advantage of a sinking ship to loot everyone on board before getting away with their multiple passports and bunkers.

All while Americans think "if it was truly bad, someone would do something." "America is special, stuff like that could never happen here."

We need to do. something. Now.

Otherwise we are going to fall just like they did.

Being a nature photographer seems great, maybe I should try…