As a 1st gen immigrant, I feel a lot of Americans don’t understand how fragile democracy is
I’ve seen dictators rise to power using populist narratives
I’ve witnessed fundamental rights violations due to their policies and unchecked power
I was worried in 2016 but now I’m terrified
I’ve seen dictators rise to power using populist narratives
I’ve witnessed fundamental rights violations due to their policies and unchecked power
I was worried in 2016 but now I’m terrified
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I am 2nd generation immigrant and my Mom and I escaped from a country where the military ran the government and thousands of people disappeared, especially students who spoke against authoritarian dictatorship
Sadly Americans who voted for him have no idea what is coming
I'm having flash backs of that press conference where he said to drink chloroquine, and people actually drank chloroquine and sick
This guy now has job a again at the oval office with access to nuclear codes and to finalize international policy
The biggest threat is Elon Musk.
I don't think Trump would've won if it wasn't for Elon Musk
He must have have figured out the blindspot, Dems, lost connection with working class people.
And they Exactly used that as their advantage.
Accorodng to trump words, Musk is constant winner
They’re too smug and proudly ignorant to realize that laws only work when they’re enforced. They don’t know what’s coming
For people who have seen how dictatorship works up close, this is truly horrifying.
A lot don’t “get it” YET✌️
We’re all vulnerable.
We can all be rounded up and thrown in concentration camps for their recent hate of the day.
200+ years of evolving democracy in the US will need bigger threats to be overturned.
As a former East German, I'm still `learning` this country after being here for 32 years, and I'm still amazed.
I mean Hitler didn't happen in a vacuum-all his enablers helped him.
Our only hope is Republicans standing against the demise of Democracy-or Canada invading...