I weep.
It is a sad time. I am retreating offline as much as possible and looking for alternative avenues. Gemini is one, but for how long?
Decentralised encrypted channels until they are outlawed.
Trapped in a digital cage.
Hi master, could I have your strongest drink please? The label does not really matter right now to be honest.
I made the mistake of reading the news, you see. I should have known better. Since I was a kid, after reading Zamyatin, Orwell and being fed so many concentration camps and STASI stories I've had one terrible fear. To see an alliance of the strong creating the perfect police state. An untoppable tyranny, where the weak are stomped on over and over by mechanized bureaucracy. Where the strong stay unpunished no matter how vile their crimes. Where ignorance conquers mind after mind because knowledge does not matter, as it cannot save you.
I look out of the window today and while sadly the worse is yet to come, my heart is heavy. Yesterday the dark clouds were across the ocean. But for the last few months political attacks on our own continent, on so many fronts, leave me in a state of stupor. A blitzkrieg of sorts. I honestly don't know how to react. Going to the mines and working for my bread and shelter already takes most of what I have to give. And I am one of the lucky ones.
So many others in history must have felt similar feelings. In 1793 France, 1847 Ireland, 1933 Germany, 1939 Spain and many more places and times that I blissfully ignore. Times of despair are probably more frequent than peace. I just wish I had a clearer idea of what needs to be done to bring back less troubling times.