This is somewhat opposite from the methods that sometimes seem to be most prominently advocated here; namely attacking the figures of authority while staying above the fray on the messy individual issues...
Well I'm a pretty calm and dispassionate fellow I think. But just suppose that we really are headed for "World War Three." A BS WW3. That would be a state of imprisonment essentially for progressives. I'm not talking nonsense about a state of actual physical imprisonment because of course, no P.A.T.R.I.O.T.ic citizen concerns one's self with such matters. No, I'm talking exclusively about ideological imprisonment.
What you are told to do by the authorities, and what seems sensible, is to just mark your time and you'll be fine eventually, you'll have your freedom back. Don't try to use your individuality if you want to preserve it and get back to it. Enjoy the approved reading list, the care packages of inspected wine and cheese from France, and the actually quite stimulating conversations possible through censored correspondence.
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