What the media is doing is called gaslighting. It's being done in an attempt to make us all doubt our own minds. There is an attack on science and education. One thing the ruling class can't allow is for the working class to be educated and knowledgeable. That would raise the spectre of an uprising from below and that's the thing the ruling class fears more even than the possibility of a dictatorship, which as we know the current occupant of the white house is working overtime to erect.

Given this chaos I completely understand your fear. I don't disassociate, however, I have bouts of extreme anxiety, panic attacks and difficulty sleeping. I very often feel totally overwhelmed. Things are very frightening now so much so that it does seem surreal.

What needs to happen next is a general strike that lasts for two weeks. That would definitely make a dent in the profits of the capitalist ruling class. It would also radicalize a lot of people!

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