It’s not dumb. The EC is working exactly as designed.
The EC is the fulcrum that allows the rich and powerful to bypass the will of the people by applying only minimal effort and expense.
Built to appease a former slave state, oppressing us all through the amplification of like 18 fucking red necks in one rural Georgia county…
Persist.
Keep at it; try again tomorrow.
Depression will rob you of joy, erode your appetite for life, and leave you blaming yourself for any/everything.
In those circumstances where you cannot defeat it, you can still outlast it.
Do what you can for yourself. When you can do no more, do what you can for the person you will be later, and, when you can do no more: forgive yourself.
Depression is a parasite and it’s been eating your strength far longer than you realize.