If nothing else, what the past four years have actually changed for me, is that they've stripped away my ability to pretend.
I knew what was coming, indeed what was already being put into place. And now I've just realized that going through the motions isn't doing anything for me, the world I love, or the billions on the chopping block.
I decline. I will not be pretending anymore. I've said "it's revolution or obliteration" for 10 years - now I mean it, and I intend to live it.