After the case studies, moving forward

Looking over the case studies has given me many thoughts about how we got here and what we do next.

I have been vacillating between giving personal tips and things to think about versus the importance of having some dominator culture analysis.

I think the analysis will take longer, so here are some tips.

Actually, today is more about the devastating reasons that we need the tips.

Looking at the three case studies, they were in different states of comfort and happiness, which seemed to be greatly affected by personal relationships and environments.

Obviously, in the same way that relationships form part of your environment, there can be some fuzziness on cause and effect in the relationships. I believe B's unexamined sexism damaged his relationship with his wife, and then that damage led to him becoming more misogynistic.

Life and people and situations can have all sorts of complications and nuances and they are very personal.

Because we know that, we are not going to necessarily judge people for what they do or don't do; that is not the purpose.

What we can do is consider our situations and options and then try and do better as we have the means.

Remember, A was the most conservative but also the most comfortable; most of us are at least suffering mentally now.

I do not expect that comfort to last, but the things that will cause that will not make life easier for anyone.

I predict future (already starting, really) difficulty along various lines.

We are going to see declining health with more difficulty accessing health care. That's not just vaccine-related but also deregulation and less enforcement of existing regulations. There will be deaths, but there will also be a lot of disability. Notice the increased talk of eugenics (even when they are not calling it that) and increased talk of institutionalization, especially  when we are talking about mental illness.

Growing stress and declining civility leading to more violence leading to increased fear, with increased fear also coming from incarceration of homeless people and immigrants. Yes, there have been deportations, but the camp in Florida seemed to be more about incarceration.

There will be more environmental disasters with worse government response. This is going to destroy jobs and housing situations. Also, we are seeing less job security and protection for workers. 

Add to that the rising cost of living on multiple levels, with some items becoming very hard to get, that is going to mean declining quality of life and private companies buying up real estate and this is also going to drive people into homelessness, which may drive them into incarceration.

Artificial intelligence in wrapped up in all of this, contributing to less respect for workers and more job loss, more environmental damage and energy instability, more psychosis, and less ability to get good information, which the government will not help.

I want to point out something with the increasing threats: you are not meant to feel safe unless you are "with them", but being with them is a moving target. The hate always needs to expand. Currently the people who care about the "good" immigrants that they like are starting to get it, maybe, but that will expand.

It's easy to feel very angry and bitter, but that won't help. Acknowledge the anger, because it is fair; then think about surviving and helping others.

And how do we survive and help others? 

That's where we start looking at our own relationships and environment.