We (speaking on behalf of the normal, freedom/democracy loving Americans here) have a lot of work to do once (if) we get through this. I hope we’ll be able to repair our relationships w the the world - I assure you they matter to the average American. We’re not sitting here ignorant of our impact.
When/if California splits off we can make new relationships without all that baggage hopefully. #calexit
First, maybe consider what you mean by "freedom". Maybe "freedom" is not a particularly good goal. It is vague and means very different things to different people. Trump has had a great deal of freedom. Others, not so much.
It has been crushing, and nothing will be the same. Our light of hope for ongoing progress has been nearly snuffed out. I will never have the life I strove for, nor my kid. No way out of this but through, now. It will take decades upon decades to rebuild what has been destroyed.