@Remittancegirl @Npars01

And those blind loyalists seem to be 32% of the voting population. It's a staggeringly large group.

@TCatInReality @Remittancegirl

Authoritarian-leaning bigots are a persistently pernicious lot.

Billionaires adore that voting bloc of useful idiots.

Willing to sacrifice themselves, their family & friends, & the nation to get at the targets of their hatred.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/trump-american-democracy

https://tcf.org/content/report/centurys-new-democracy-meter-shows-america-took-an-authoritarian-turn-in-2025/

https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/democracy-governance/democracy-2025-harvard-professors-rising

American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s inauguration, experts say

Scale and speed of president’s moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes – is the US in democratic peril?

The Guardian

@Npars01 @Remittancegirl

I saw that Guardian post.

But American democracy is not "on the brink". It's gone. The foxes control all areas of the hen house. They are blatantly ignoring all the rules, have destroyed the Constitution's checks and are bringing in more foxes every day.

We are now in a fight to restore democracy (or at least get back to the more-democratic state before the MAGA oligarchy seized all three branches). Time to move to #GeneralStrikes

Sad, but #ThisIsAmericaNow.

@TCatInReality @Remittancegirl

There is no fate but what we make.
Either we stop these sociopaths now or we face polycrisis.

"Their tedious ambition and contempt for rule of law would bring everything down, around their ears and ours.

They managed to do that with the previous world order, after all, though then it was effectively their goal.

They welcomed the jackpot, the chaos it brought. The results of our species’ insults to nature did much of their work for them."

William Gibson.