I draw a few more lessons from this (and from conversations with other survivors and escapees from horrific regimes):
6. Change is both gradual and terrifyingly fast—there is often months or years of buildup and warning, before weeks of crisis.
7. Terrifyingly fast is not instantaneous. It costs a lot, but one can get out if one actually believes the evidence in time.
I draw a few more lessons from this (and from conversations with other survivors and escapees from horrific regimes):
6. Change is both gradual and terrifyingly fast—there is often months or years of buildup and warning, before weeks of crisis.
7. Terrifyingly fast is not instantaneous. It costs a lot, but one can get out if one actually believes the evidence in time.