@tef @xgranade re: the looming dread, that's exactly what I'm thinking out loud about here. is it an emergency existential risk, or is it a mildly unfortunate but livable compromise? thought distortion we should do some breathing exercises about or massive organizing challenge that demands urgent action? I can't say to feel _good_ about it but given the long list of the latter, it's good if we can make it more of a mental health exercise by classifying it as the former