And I don’t mean metaphorically tired, like physically tired. I feel like since Trump took office the amount of mental load consumed by his antics (edit: fascism in general) has physically worn me down. I used to have energy to exercise, do hobbies, or like even yardwork. Now all I want to do is lay in bed. I even have a hard time spending time with my family and friends. Luckily I am still engaged and productive at work, but that’s the only time I feel good which is not what I want out of life.
I probably should just up my antidepressants and log off
For the trade policy at least, I take a step back and admire how fantastically self-destructive it is. Yes, sure, I’m going to feel the consequences of it. But. Also, it’s not like there was some other scenario where wages weren’t going stay stagnant or depreciate relative to inflation. The historical trend was always going to be multi-polarization and decoupling from US finance. Now its just happening in years rather than decades.