To me, there’s no clearer signal that the USA is *formerly a democracy*. It has ceased to be a democracy. The coup d’etat has happened, it’s just that the political system is yet to catch up or catch on.
Thankfully I live in a country where the government adheres to the Constitution of Canada which protects my rights and freedoms rather than a country where the government regularly ignores or abuses those rights and freedoms as defined by the US Constitution.
Yes I'm sad my g-g grandparents immigrated here from Canada! Kind of a silly statement, of course, but you get the idea, I'm sure. Just last night thinking of how Canada has not had the horrible historical times we've had. Know you've had some but not close to what we've done. Stay vigilant.
A few when some of our best is apparent: Revolutionary War, Framing of the Constitution, Abraham Lincoln's leadership in the Civil War, WW2, Civil Rights Movement. Maybe if more Americans would also think on these, they would get in touch with and be mindful of "the better angels of our nature."
Filipinos don't have to imagine it. Rodrigo Duterte perpetrated it already. Salvadorans don't have to imagine it. Bukele already is creating the same kind of "law and order" that Duterte did, by imprisoning thousands of political enemies and calling them all drug addicts and criminals. Familar?
Putin rose to power when his Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agents planted bombs in apartment buildings to manufacture a crisis. Everything Trump is doing is from Putin's playbook.
I'm angry because, apparently this 'great' country, put nothing in place to stop treasonous administrations. We have a regime that's gone rogue and our hands are tied. They can do anything they want, to whoever they want.
We watch it every day, and we talk and post about how horrible it is every day
It happened all the time in the supposed "democracies" in the South/Central American banana republics. That's where maga has brought us. Their only regret is that they themselves are not as immune from the consequences as they thought they were.
And we can’t find an answer even though just last year we were free?
Wow!
No more peaceful enjoyment of our Home!
Democracy was pretty friggin fragile, or was that us?
They can also be from an Iranian Terrorist Cell dressed up as ICE!! No one would know the difference!! Helmet, mask, military dress, and ordering everything else from Amazon Prime!!
Physically assaulting them as well, I saw the video last night of the man being accosted while working for a lawn service. It's only a matter of time before someone fights back.
Soooo, like Columbia or El Salvador? Or Russia? Or the former East Germany? Geez what have we become? Or were always this bad with a thin veneer of respectability?
It's not new. The act of taking people off the streets has been in America all along. What changed was that it used to be morally wrong, contrary to law, and always perpetrated by thugs. Now, it's endorsed by the elected government.
It’s not a Democracy. It’s a 9yr who is a Tyrant.The Republican Party right now is a clear and present danger! They our Domestic terrorist. I don’t know what else to call them. Everything they have done is weakening America. Now they put us into a world conflict. Iran will retaliate. People will die
I don’t believe America has really ever been a true Democracy. It was all smoke and mirrors. I will never give up on the pure of heart Americans but I definitely have zero respect for our government and those who created this!
Nope. This is the most disgusting abuse of power we have been subjected to. Former J6 convicts, Proud Boys and other violent far right militia types are be appointed to serve as America’s Gestapo.
This will provide a perfect cover for complete chaos when they open fire on a crowd dressed in ICE uniforms. It will become open season on ICE and martial law and civil war in the US. Iranians are not stupid people. Count on it.
Right. It’s why we have the 14th amendment. It intended to empower formerly enslaved people with legal protections absent during slavery and in the prisoner capture system. This administration just undid hundreds of years of legal protection for minorities. “Make America *legally* racist again”
Yes, exactly. It was so predictable, but horrifying nonetheless that it is happening. I personally believe Trump rigged the election. So I guess if there’s any consolation, I really don’t think Americans asked for this. And I don’t think they voted for it.
The illusion of democracy is open to literally anything. The real thing does not tolerate the level of mediocrity required to make an emperor of a racist brain dead pedo like the American king.
What i can’t believe is that no one has shot any of them as with no badge and id they are unknown kidnappers! And should be met with the violence they would be met with if they were trying to kidnap you or your family members! No id means they need to be stopped by any means possible and necessary!
Thank you so much for this message of support for us as we live in this dystopian nightmare. Every day I wake up afraid to see the news and learn about the newest atrocities being committed by this regime.
That's NOT a democracy. That's a number of countries, including Argentina ca. 1976-1983; El Salvador (never stopped since 1980 & including ones Trump is PAYING them to 'disappear'); even Syria (since 2011). And all too often, some are killed.
Precisely. They just didn't care to acknowledge it because it wasn't them.
But at least this time, they aren't being hung, burned live or dragged behind cars until they're decapitated. All those things that they claimed "were nothing" and to "stop whining about".
What I still fail to understand is how our entire intelligence apparatus seemingly didn’t foresee any of this. Everything that is happening is what Timothy McVeigh would have wanted. How did it happen so easily?
Most people don't care, so long as it doesn't happen where they can see it. For others, there's no limit to the cruelty served up to them along with dinner.
the will of the people does not count, it's all about the money, much as i love a dystopian movie, i never wanted to live through one. (i said the same about the pandemic---if wishes were horses)
Can you imagine 77 million people voted for this and could care less who they drag off the street as long as it's not them and when it does happen to them they regret voting for trump ain't it funny how we're living in crazy town
We’re living in a lawless society. Our elected officials are openly corrupt. Why are we paying taxes to fund a psychopathic regime that’s harming our fellow Americans again? Remind me because I can’t figure out why we’re all willingly participating in this shit when we, in fact, have all the power.
Some folks saw this coming and have been warning about fascism since the end of the raygun era, but were mocked by moderate democrats back then. They called progs "extremists using radical language" but now warn us about fascism after the fucking finish line? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Nobody cared when it was us Marijuana smugglers getting snatched off the roadways. But now that it's those strawberry pickers, everybody's worried about it?
Harris told everyone this would happen. For many she wasn't a white man though and for others the democrats weren't 'pure' enough, so they stayed at home or voted for this shitshow. Gee thanks America.
I never thought in a million years this would happen in America. I never thought I would have nightmares about living in my country. I never thought I would be so scared. And I am a law abiding American, born & raised. I feel no one is safe anymore.
This has been happening in America since it was founded. Just not to most white people. Now maybe you can understand just a little bit of what Black and Brown Americans have been living with for hundreds of years.
Trump said he would do this. Just look at his rallies of 2024. But Hispanics, in great numbers, voted, believed that he didn't mean them as being the criminals to be rounded up. For MAGA, the crime is being a hard working immigrant who is following the rules but doesn't yet have permanent residency
Not true — they’re grabbing those with permanent residency, asylum, temporary protected status, orders of protection from removal. Legal immigration used to take 20-30 y, but now there’s no such thing as legal immigration when your status can be ignored at will for Trump’s ethnic cleansing push.
I agree that they purposely broke legal immigration and do not want to pass comprehensive immigration reform. What is more hypocritical is that many of the employers, of undocumented workers, are MAGA, are not arrested, nor heavily fined. But it is better news show displaying the arrest of workers.
I wrote a new one.
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It's called fascism. You're basically a mini North-Korea. You'll have to fight your way out of this, if you can switch your luxury widescreen TV's off....
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FAFO. The "FO" part of this one could get interesting.
authoritarian, fascist, dictatorship all come to mind.
The GOP won't be in Charge forever. Each agent suspected of abusing the law. MUST BE PUNISHED!!
Disgusting.
We watch it every day, and we talk and post about how horrible it is every day
We are living it
Wow!
No more peaceful enjoyment of our Home!
Democracy was pretty friggin fragile, or was that us?
Everyone in the US deserves due process. Everyone!
https://www.tiktok.com/@corybooker/video/7519103464689896734?_r=1&_t=ZT-8xRe6SUxn13
Oh, and democracies, don't have slavery.
Stuff don't come off easily..........................
These two web sites outline many nonviolent strategies. You can choose the ones that work best for your community.
https://beautifultrouble.org
https://commonslibrary.org
We may be having to react to Trump but we're still on your side.
There's a lot of hope though. You've had to fight before and won. You will again. ✊
Ladies and gentlemen, our new reality.
But at least this time, they aren't being hung, burned live or dragged behind cars until they're decapitated. All those things that they claimed "were nothing" and to "stop whining about".
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