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Some time ago our fathers vomited forth on this continent a new kind of havoc, a new nation conceived in drunken greed and dedicated to the delusion that all men (and only the “fairest” men) are created equal.

Then, as now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that pathetic nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure it's own existence.

We are met on a blood soaked, offal stinking battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might have something to talk about later- over drinks before the sporting match begins. The cheapness of their lives notwithstanding, it is altogether fitting and proper that we should put ourselves through these superficial paces.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The diluted citizens, living and dead, who pointlessly struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our utterly insufficient power to add or detract.

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, and it will inevitably forget what they did here.

It is for us the sorry living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work of vain madness which they who fought here have thus far so wretchedly advanced. It is rather for us to be here pathetically dedicated to the great task remaining before us

-- that from these nameless dead we take increased devotion to that ill-founded cause for which they gave the last full measure of misguided devotion

-- that we here would highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; though we know they certainly have

-- that this corruptible nation, under any truly righteous higher power, must make an end of itself

-- and that government of the greedy, by the corporations, for the money, must needs perish in ignominy from this ravaged earth.

So, India is dying.

Look, I know a good number of you are from the US and things aren't amazing there either, but my country is literally on the brink of collapse. So I'd love it if we could talk about that for a minute.

If you can't do anything else, please just read and reblog.

A second COVID wave has taken out the healthcare system. There are no more hospital beds. There's an oxygen shortage. There's a critical vaccine shortage. The Central Government has thrown its hands up and is passing the baton to the State Governments to do what they can.

There are over 16 million covid cases. A record 330,000 new cases reported yesterday - comparable to the US at its peak. 187,000 dead as of today.

There is no plan.

Mass cremations are taking place. The cremation grounds are running day and night and they are short on wood. People are watching their loved ones die while waiting for a hospital bed, and then they're unable to give them the proper burial rights.

Hospitals are overwhelmed. Patients are being confined, two to a bed. They're the lucky ones.

We are on the verge of people dying in the streets.

This is the second-most populous country in the world. The largest democracy. A country that encapsulates over 15,000 years of recorded human history and has endured everything from famine to invasion to colonisation.

We might be at the end. This might be the thing that does us in.

People are dying.

People are dying.

People are dying and there is no plan.

More good news? Variants are popping up. A double mutation strain has shown up. It is resistant to current vaccines. This will not go away. This is the devastation they warned of when the anti-maskers were out protesting the minor inconvenience of covering their face in public.

My country is on the verge of an emergency state. Our government has failed us. This is as dire a situation as it ever could be.

Look. I don't do much with my life. I write fics, some of you have read them and that's pretty much it. I spend my days with my head in the clouds because that's where I like to be.

But two days ago, my grandmother tested positive, had to be taken to hospital and the ambulance caught fire.

She barely made it to the urgent care she needs.

So, here I am, using whatever meager platform I have to cobble this request together. Because I have to do something.

If you can, donate.

Or spread the word.

Help. Please.