Not the circles a single female pensioner living in a traditionally conservative part of Britain moves in, I assure you. And there's ◊◊◊◊ all I can do about the situation in the US, regardless of my opinion of its causes.
As a life long socialist, until recently I lived in what I can only describe in retrospect as a state of mindless optimism. I never doubted that social progress would continue, that the gap between rich and poor would gradually reduce, that civilisation would eventually triumph over animal instincts like tribalism and greed. Now I look around the world, see what my generation - the hippy generation - has actually achieved, and wonder why I ever had such faith in humanity. I'm sorry if my occasional venting upsets you, but this is the only place I can do it.