It is hard to even know where to begin. So forgive me if this is a little fragmented and off. Looking into the future all I see is black.
Here we are in the early days of Trumplandia. It has not taken long to see that running a business and running the US government are not the same thing. One cannot do it by tweets and decree. For the moment he (who's name shall not be mentioned here) is enjoying a creepy honeymoon phase with the party of Grumpy Old People in power. But they too will soon tire of tweets, made up facts and casting blame everywhere except where it belongs. Sure, any new administration needs time to get it's bearings but it is bad when the only accomplishment so far is better ratings for SNL. It will get worse.
One thing that is perhaps the most worrying of all are the true believers, those who think the cartoon president can do no wrong and is above all criticism. You've encountered them already, name calling bully types haunting social media. How far down the rabbit hole of decent killing fascism will they be willing to go? They can see no wrong and this is scary. They are a minority but this aspect of Trumplandia I find especially worrisome. It is like an army of brownshirts just waiting to be called fourth.
If those in power find they can ignore the courts, the only check left, we are in deep trouble. Travel bans will only be the beginning. Decent will soon be criminalized and crushed. Everything we though we knew about the USA will be gone. We have the technology today to make old-school 1930's-40's fascism seem a day at the beach. Think about it; drones, unlimited monitoring via phones / on line total control of media and movies. You get the idea.
Some questions.
How is this delusional bunch now running Washington going to handle their first national emergency / crisis?
What's going to happen as more and more dirt spews fourth as we all know it will?
Will the Republicans figure it out in time or do they feel so insulated as not to even care?
Ho can, we the people, gain control over our own government (corporations own it now)?
More soon. Better write and protest while you still can. It's our only chance.
Here we are in the early days of Trumplandia. It has not taken long to see that running a business and running the US government are not the same thing. One cannot do it by tweets and decree. For the moment he (who's name shall not be mentioned here) is enjoying a creepy honeymoon phase with the party of Grumpy Old People in power. But they too will soon tire of tweets, made up facts and casting blame everywhere except where it belongs. Sure, any new administration needs time to get it's bearings but it is bad when the only accomplishment so far is better ratings for SNL. It will get worse.
One thing that is perhaps the most worrying of all are the true believers, those who think the cartoon president can do no wrong and is above all criticism. You've encountered them already, name calling bully types haunting social media. How far down the rabbit hole of decent killing fascism will they be willing to go? They can see no wrong and this is scary. They are a minority but this aspect of Trumplandia I find especially worrisome. It is like an army of brownshirts just waiting to be called fourth.
If those in power find they can ignore the courts, the only check left, we are in deep trouble. Travel bans will only be the beginning. Decent will soon be criminalized and crushed. Everything we though we knew about the USA will be gone. We have the technology today to make old-school 1930's-40's fascism seem a day at the beach. Think about it; drones, unlimited monitoring via phones / on line total control of media and movies. You get the idea.
Some questions.
How is this delusional bunch now running Washington going to handle their first national emergency / crisis?
What's going to happen as more and more dirt spews fourth as we all know it will?
Will the Republicans figure it out in time or do they feel so insulated as not to even care?
Ho can, we the people, gain control over our own government (corporations own it now)?
More soon. Better write and protest while you still can. It's our only chance.
