The news out of Minnesota has been really hard. But not everyone has been moved by it. Which prompted one Vox reader to write in asking: “Even in light of everything in Minnesota, some of my friends seem very apolitical. … How can I convince them that we’re past the point of ‘business as usual’?”
It’s a tough ask. Fortunately, senior reporter and Vox’s in-house ethics expert Sigal Samuel is here with suggestions. And not only how to help others wake up to what’s going on, but also how to better understand the larger situation ourselves — and what we should do.
Her special, emergency edition of our Your Mileage May Vary advice column also explains what life is really like under authoritarianism (a lot more boring than you’d think) and the reality of “dual state” living (you’re already there).
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—Katherine Courage, deputy editor Future Perfect
