Ewen Bell 📸The state of things in the US is just so awful right now. It's affecting me immensely. Finding it difficult to just have a laugh, and FFS we all need a decent laugh right now.<br><br>It's a mix of dread for the future of the planet, anger at billionaires getting away with murder, and a touch of "survivors guilt" for simply being one of the lucky people who lives in a very distant country and has enough money to see myself through the immediate drama.<br><br>And then there's the utter devastation in Gaza. The pretence that it's a war is such an awful lie. Or protesters in the UK getting locked for wearing provocative Tshirts or displaying photos of the world's most famous child molesterers. Sure, let's lock up the people denouncing some of the worst horrors in my lifetime, instead of the people committing the horrors.<br><br>Then you see what the ALP govt is doing in Canberra, the equivalent of fiddling while Rome burns. Might start calling our prime minister Albo Nero. I could also just go with Albo Zero because his net effect on progressive policies has been a big fat zero.<br><br>What do you do with the frustration? What do you do with the anger? What do you do with the lack of hope?<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ewenbell.com/tag/uspol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ewenbell.com/tag/mentalhealth" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MentalHealth</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ewenbell.com/tag/auspol" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.ewenbell.com/tag/itsallshite" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ItsAllShite</a>