Watched some eps of a documentary show on abandoned places last night. It's unsettling to see how many of them are associated with WWII, & with the Nazis in particular. Seeing that again & again really underscores how hard all of Europe was hit by WWII & all that came with it.

We don't have a clue in the US, really.

The last time we had a war on US soil was the US Civil War, & half the nation glorifies that as an upholding of institutionalized racism & white supremacy. We've learned little.

Every time I've visited Europe, too, the marks of both world wars are everywhere. Churches, especially. Sometimes it's hard to tell what's the focus of veneration at a church: is it war, or is it god?

@Impious_Jade
Oh, so you visit Europ. Every time I'm about to visit the US I stop at the check-in at the airport, back a way, turn around and cancel the trip. The Closet to the US I've managed to get my self is Aruba. Aruba feels safer as it is a small piece of Europe linked to the Dutch crown and Dutch protection.

@Lingitta I don't blame you, the US is uh... yeah, it's a bit of a mess at the moment. There are places that are better to visit than others, fwiw. I'm planning trips to NYC, LA & even Cape Canaveral at some point, to see the space shuttles. What is it that makes you turn around & not go?

@Impious_Jade
lt doesn't feel ok. I feel oppressed as a female, not being counted as an equal being. Husband worked a lot in the US once. He got some award and they wanted to write about him in the company newspaper. They wanted my name an picture And I said bloody hell no way. I'm not some trophy wife adoringly looking into to my husband eys. If they want to write about him please do but leave me and the children out of it. And now with these abortion laws there's no chance in hell I'd ever go