The dominant feeling in the US today is a sense of public abandonment, that the system is rigged and no one is around to help us. Breaches of the public trust from politics to corporations to mental health to policing are so common that helplessness or vigilant action are the main responses, as Anand Giridharadas puts it. Collective action is another and I recommend. #collectiveaction #abandonment #mentalhealth https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/opinion/america-killing-abandoment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.0y38.jzyntkjVA-sv&smid=url-share