and this is the reason we don't talk about this. I'm just exhausted - why am I still living on this earth, what's the friggin point when it's such a dark place.
Because you are needed to help lighten the darkness, dear Natalie.
Take heart! I know these are dark times, but the light will come again -- thanks, in part, to people like you and everyone in this community.
(I can say this as I'm having a "good" day myself; tomorrow or the next day, that might not be the case, so you might have to remind me ;-) )
@natalie, oh dear Natalie, there are good places in the world and great people too. I know everything feels dark right now, but it will light up. History is filled with tyrants and bad situations (just look up the Plantagenets in England), but there are always enlightened rulers in between.
That said, looking at the world since WWII, we have gotten better, we just need to overcome the slide back downhill and I think we can. We have been on track to get to the top and become an enlightened society. We were on track until the 70s when it comes to social reform, but this collapsed under Reagan and that slump fanned out across western society. In the 90s it got out of the stagnant nothing burger again and we're slowly crawling up hill.
As long as we can start to focus on global warming and 'fix' that we will get there and that includes the people of Russia. Their culture is different, they are a tough people, but they have basic needs and love too. I have faith in the next generation. The internet is out there, they can no longer be controlled by just 1 state channel. People travel, get into contact with other cultures... it will be better.
Until it does, focus on the good people you know and try to bring light into the world by helping others and find joy in the things you do. The fight is being fought and it will be won.
I feel this way all the time too. I try to remember all the amazing people who keep fighting. This article about activists and artists (also exhausted, also persevering) is pretty inspiring: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2020/08/black-lives-matter-activists-photos
Beautiful, moonbeam. We fight because life is beautiful, even in the very darkest of times, and good people will always fight the darkness.