Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@keithwilson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keithwilson</span></a></span> </p><p>>> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> gave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> citizens an education in why being a member of the EU was in fact a good thing. I fear that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> are giving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> citizens a similar lesson in the benefits of federal government and rule of law by dismantling them piece by piece.</p><p>I <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a>, not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a>. </p><p>And let the lesson be 2-way. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> should learn that they need us too. By starving and killing us, they only diminish the market for whatever they try to sell.</p><p>Many clouds have a silver lining 😉</p>