That's kind, thank you. I'm sorry for your friend. I hope you did cope with the trauma somehow.

I'm glad you thought it was kind, I try to be when I can.

We were in single digits, agewise. Appalachian youths, forever at risk, but this was before the internet became what it is now.

At first I coped by trying to get people to opt in to organ donation, because he had been waiting for a liver.

Then later I tried to get people registered to vote, so we could change the system that traumatized us.

And finally, after many years of being a peaceful activist, I put the word out that if they are going to seize power and never return it, then every promise made to that day is void and someone like me might make every piece of electronics in their McMansions or municipalities fail like they're cameras in Metropolitan Correctional Center just before they get in the ground with Jeffrey Epstein if that's what it takes to ensure folks never abuse their access ever again.

(In short: I coped with it by becoming a dissident, but that does not bring you joy, and I very purposefully avoided working with anyone under 18 on these matters because it is unethical to teach children that such a life is cool or fun, rather than a path that should be chosen as an absolute last resort.)

There is no way you will change the system other than to revoke it the way the current woke generation is trying to do. Revocation hurts others and makes this approach anathema to them.

What eventuates is hate, mistrust, opportunism and fear. Eventually the united states will fail because of magnified personal injury delivered to agenda that does not meet the test of improvement for everyone. Because we are short sighted, intolerant and arrogant. Like you.