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Saving democracy takes practice: Practical skills you need to survive Trump's second term

On Monday, it was unseasonably warm here in Chicago. Work on improving your “sleep hygiene.” We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Find creative outlets for one’s energy — especially anxiety, dread, fear, and feelings of powerlessness. How does one “reasonably accommodate”, “triangulate with”, “find consensus”, or “try to understand” and “empathize” with people who support autocracy, authoritarianism, and/or fascism? Milton Mayer’s book “They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933 – 1945” contains the following account: “You see,” my colleague went on, “one doesn’t see exactly where or how to move. Beware the hope peddlers and other such leaders and public voices who tell you that everything is going to somehow be okay because “America….” and “the American people are fundamentally decent…” and “democracy…” etc.

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