“Seen in retrospect, yes. I have regrets. There was a certain critical period. I see that now. … We were not prepared to drop everything in defense of a system that was to us, like oxygen: used constantly, never noted.”

Fiction (?) by the great George Saunders …

www.newyorker.com/podcast/fict...

Clear description of the moment from Timothy Snyder plus suggestions for elected officials, media, federal workers, and ordinary citizens here—the latter mirroring what organizers have been saying for months.

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