I did this same move two years ago. Make a list of critical must have functions. Get a second storage drive like your current one, swap out the old and install Kubuntu. Get those critical apps installed and tested. Create a virtual machine out of your old primary drive. Boot that inside Linux when needed.

Maybe step one of the protest is to stop buying from China

This is exactly what I did. Later I copied my old system to a VM and I boot it up inside Linux when needed.

This monopoly is one of the best examples of our government being broken by lobbying. This problem is a least 30 years old and nothing has changed in all that time.

Why did we start in 2014? Did 1994 not happen?

Russia won’t accept a ceasefire because they invaded with goals to achieve. Stop apologizing for an autocrat dictator with a penchant for murder, repression and invasion.