This is why, no matter how dark and bleak her writing may be at times, I consider it empowering in the end:

I’m also worried. But I’ll say as someone who knows a lot of people living in dictatorships — it’s worth it to keep exposing the rot even if the system fails. It matters in its own right, and it matters for the future. But don’t expect things to be easy. Stare it down and work.

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) May 8, 2018