Marjan:

While I recall I have read many of your articles and responded on a few occasions, I have to say I didn't realize you were gone. Medium has a way of selecting writers for my feed. Writers disappear from my feed, then come back. This time you were truly gone, and the algorithms cannot be blamed.

While the popular doomposters are cashing in, they are affecting our mental health. My three years of political commenting on Medium has given me a sense of hopelessness. Many people realize there is something seriously wrong but feel so powerless that they cannot even investigate an alternative democracy.

They often tell me: "It's always been like that. So there is no point."

I am offering hope. But there is a price to be paid in advance. This alternative democracy requires about 10 hours a month and a willingness to work with a few neighbors. That price seems too high when "there is no point."

Let's come back to our mental health. Building the TDG will be building positive relationships, being creative, learning new democratic skills, and glimpsing the future of a better world. How will that affect our mental health?