For a sobering look at where we're headed, I'd highly recommend this @slate.bsky.social interview with sociologist and legal scholar Kim Lane Scheppele, who lays out what it would take to keep the US from turning into Orban's Hungary.
https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2025/02/donald-trumps-executive-orders-put-us-on-the-road-to-autocracy
https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2025/02/donald-trumps-executive-orders-put-us-on-the-road-to-autocracy
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1. Throw sand in the gears. We probably can't stop an autocratic takeover, but there's value in slowing it down by resisting wherever we can.
2. They're strongest when we're divided. Don't become callous to the suffering of others as you try to protect yourself.
Let be honest Drump has to destroy the economy and cripple the middle class. Then maybe at the midterms people will actually pay attention and vote the GOP out of power. Having a Dem majority in house and senate is the only way to check his power.