Opinion | There Is No Going Back - The New York Times

At this point in any argument like this one, the question arises of what should be done and, more critically, what can be done? The sad answer is not that much. Those with the direct institutional power to slam the brakes lack the will and those with the will lack the power.

Yep. This is basically what my congresspersons aide told me.

I absolutely agree with the conclusion by the way, sad as it is. But, we must accept things as they are, because how we wished them to be is gone.