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  Exhausted Nations As the year draws to a close, many experience an end of year fatigue, as people assess the year’s losses and gains. This year is dominated by the exhaustion of nations. It has been a year of protests by the affronted - the inaction over the Palestinian genocide, the panic of US citizens over the recent extremely polarized elections, or Pakistanis reeling with disbelief over the macabre spinning of events that challenge the predictions of the most seasoned political pundits. There is a contest of “who will blink first” rather than the glorified ideals of right and wrong.   It has reached a point of no surrender as each side is in a fight for survival, unable to concede defeat as the stakes are too high. There will be regrouping, debriefings, reassessments of strategies, and new plans of action. Stephanie Van Hook, Director at the Metta Center for Nonviolence, says it is not about putting a different kind of person in power; it is about awakening a di...