The Fiction we Live in

Sometimes…none of this feels real. It feels like we are living in some kind of weird fiction. The characters are…interesting in fiction but dangerous in reality.
I mean — this is a democracy…isn’t it? We have made progress – with protections for minorities, gays, women. 
And now we have white supremacists openly protesting, we have entire groups of people who not only don’t believe rape victims but add salt to the wound by smearing their name. We have protections for transgender individuals being rolled back because those making the rules don’t (or won’t) understand that trans are human beings who need protection just like anyone else.
We have environmental laws that keep air and water safe from pollution being rolled back.
None of it feels real. It feels like at some point, other countries will have to step in to save us…from our own government.