An exceptional and erudite response. And worthy of a piece in itself.

I mostly agree: Radical extremism rarely gets far. Unfortunately, many governments and parties—including the US and the UK—are exactly that: radical extremists. The gun laws in the US are extreme propped up by ancient doctrine called The Constitution, written when they were still playing cowboys. It makes no sense now. It's nuts.

The problem is, people have given up hoping.

We need to be more radical in other ways. You can't fight these people—they'll kill you. But you can buy less, eat less meat, recycle, drive less.