@EBSVC It’s happened in parts of Europe which have shaken off authoritarian government before. ☹

@caccoon Ngl, it is really weird living here right now, knowing the people who are installing this were well aware of the horrors of fascism, but have chosen that anyways. I don't get it. But here we are.

@FoxyQueen they sold it well and to the right group and amount of people.

@FreddieUK Thanks, but it's a long way from over. More than half of the country does not support them. In our House of Representatives the Right has 219 seats the Left 213. in the Senate it's 53-47. And of course they own the WH. The Right have benefitted by where their voters are located rather than sheer numbers.

IMO we are now in a civil war. Not a shooting war mind you. But when we reach a tipping point the left will fight back with our ability to slow the economy to a near standstill. This may happen not long before the midterm elections in Nov '26. It is also my opinion that when the powerful and wealthy begin to lose the only thing they hold dear (money) those in power will be swept away.

Edit: You may have heard this before.

@MoveAlong I find this quite encouraging in that you see a winnable contest with these terrible ideas.

@FreddieUK Yeah, I do think this is rather ivory tower. Words and ideas aren't going to win and even botcotting will not win because no one has the longevity, particularly in this case where you suddenly realize you've no longer got any entertainment lol

I don't know what will happen. I don't think it will start before the midterms because too many democrats have their hearts set on flipping seats, even though it has been proven time and time again, that does very little. The time to have stopped these things is long passed.

But any ideas at this point are ideas. It's better than what has been happening.

@demthebrakes there's that too, for sure.

@NerdyPotato