We're fine in a "What else can we be" kind of way.

I'm 40+. I started life in a mostly secular country that had a good combination of western values & traditions, a good, modern application of Islam, political comedy and a variety of artists and scientists. It was far from perfect, but it was something.

Today, our glorious leader seems to be in bed with the worst kind of religious extremists, refugees and immigrants taken in without any consideration of what it means for the people, Islamic cults are operating in the open (thankfully not everyone's into them, especially younger folks), freedom of speech is restricted badly and in fact, political opposition is being represed actively and it seems we're losing good influential people without enough replacements.

It pains me to see the younger people suffer through this. It pains me to see my beloved republic in this state. It pains me to want to get out and see others feel the same.

We've been politically separated, hard, and it's getting harder to get back to each other. I guess this part is global. I love the internet, but I think influencers, trolls and the overall environment made polarization vastly worse.

And now we're seeing signs that Turkey might be the next target in today's relentless, remorseless, cruel monster that Israel has become (and their allies) and fucking Erdogan might give them all the ammunition needed to justify an attack.

Idk. Fuck politicans man.

We could've been so much more.

And shame on us for not being able to coordinate better and stay together, but when everyone's barely surviving, it's hard to be an activist.