“As students at the 5Cs, we have the privilege of residing in a community that feels physically and emotionally distant from ICE activity, despite deportations taking place as close as Pomona County,” Olivia Brinkman PO ’29 writes. “Scrolling through horrific reels, at a loss for what to do, we think to ourselves: What impact do we really have when our government is crumbling around us? This sense of helplessness is exactly what Trump and other elected officials want you to feel — it allows them to continue to exercise their power to commit crimes without facing the consequences. ”
Tag: Autocracy
OPINION: India needs an autocracy, just not the one we already have
India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is already an autocracy. But its current government controls people’s lives without granting them the peace and safety they are promised.