It's hitting me really hard that the US could be another Hungary, if not Russia, for the rest of my life.

Being "late-career" I've got less to lose than many, when it comes to facing the consequences of nonviolent resistance, and that is the way.

But I reckon Vietnam-era protest, that I was just barely old enough to join, will pale compared to what's coming.

The American revolutionaries, Gandhi, MLK, Walesa, Mandela, Havel, Sakharov, Yousafzai, Navalny: all in my thoughts tonight.

Menschen gehen abends nicht in einer #Demokratie zu Bett und wachen morgens plötzlich in einer rechten #Diktatur auf in der das Staatsoberhaupt oder Regierungschef von vom Verfassungsgericht das “Recht” zugestanden bekommen hat sich nicht an Gesetze halten zu müssen und den #Rechtsstaat zertrampeln zu dürfen.

Nein, die Demontage beginnt viel früher und vor allem dort, wo die meisten Bürger nicht hinschauen.

»Einen solchen Beschluss hat ein Ermittlungsrichter am Amtsgericht #Regensburg
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It's interesting how thin a skin the React crowd has. They think I'm being deeply antagonistic when, in fact, I've been holding my fire (and the confidences of consulting counterparties) for ~8 years. This has only served to make things look *better* than they really are.

The damage I'm seeing isn't just in the public sector, or limited to exceptionally bad cases. It's now ecosystem-wide, and JS-first culture owns a share of the blame.

But why do I care? A short thread.

🤞🏽

#WissingRücktritt