This comment[0] on HN from a while back marks the parallels between the two situations very clearly. It's very frustrating talking about this subject with Amer

This comment[0] on HN from a while back marks the parallels between the two situations very clearly. It's very frustrating talking about this subject with Americans online[1]. In general they seem to have blinders on regarding the magnitude of the consequences of their democratic choice in leadership. I get a sense that a feeling of learned helplessness has beset the American people and that they're not able to imagine a world of agency and action against authoritarianism. I don't know what can shake them out of their torpor, but I do know that the longer they take to wake up the higher the price of action will be. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485649#43487443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43485649#43487443 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49403201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49403201