There are signs that the current destruction of social institutions, the rule of law, and economic stability is causing burnout among elders and others.
I am a woman in my early 70's, deeply dismayed by what is happening in America.
I've witnessed the struggles of my grandparents' generation trying to survive the Great Depression. My parents' generation fought fascism abroad, too many of them giving up their lives in the attempt to sustain and further the American ideals embedded in our Constitution. My own 'boomer' generation worked to establish rights for people of color, for women, for the gay community, for the health of the environment, and for many other causes. To observe the current administration's actions to dismantle those hard-won advances, is terribly disheartening.
This morning I read that a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. has been removed from the Oval Office. Women and people of color holding high ranks in the military are being removed from their positions. Physicians and caregivers in VA hospitals have been informed that they have the right to refuse care to union workers, 'unmarried women,' and Democrats. The blatant racism and misogyny exemplified by the words and actions of the current 'regime' is bold and cruel.
I see large numbers of gray heads at the protest demonstrations taking part throughout the country and fear that many young people don't realize what they stand to lose, how freedoms they are taking for granted can easily be lost. How sad it will be if one day they must face the painful situations and experiences that their ancestors worked so hard to overcome.
I am a woman in my early 70's, deeply dismayed by what is happening in America.
I've witnessed the struggles of my grandparents' generation trying to survive the Great Depression. My parents' generation fought fascism abroad, too many of them giving up their lives in the attempt to sustain and further the American ideals embedded in our Constitution. My own 'boomer' generation worked to establish rights for people of color, for women, for the gay community, for the health of the environment, and for many other causes. To observe the current administration's actions to dismantle those hard-won advances, is terribly disheartening.
This morning I read that a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. has been removed from the Oval Office. Women and people of color holding high ranks in the military are being removed from their positions. Physicians and caregivers in VA hospitals have been informed that they have the right to refuse care to union workers, 'unmarried women,' and Democrats. The blatant racism and misogyny exemplified by the words and actions of the current 'regime' is bold and cruel.
I see large numbers of gray heads at the protest demonstrations taking part throughout the country and fear that many young people don't realize what they stand to lose, how freedoms they are taking for granted can easily be lost. How sad it will be if one day they must face the painful situations and experiences that their ancestors worked so hard to overcome.
I agree. Your experience echoes my own. Thanks for your well written response.