As a Canadian - south of the border terrifies me for what's coming next. Republicans have devolved into a NK style 'dear leader' group that is terrified of crossing Trump. 1930's Germany is here
And there are still Americans defending this. Like they want to live in a dictatorship.
Keep in mind that many so-called "Americans" you see online are thousands of miles from the US, and are paid or otherwise encouraged to pretend otherwise.
A lot of them are just doing this for free, and got got too by the insane propaganda apparatus in service of the GOP, that converted so many Americans into defending straight up murder and pedophilia.
That is probably true but there are also plenty of real, confirmed Americans that are doing the exact same thing.
It's known to be true. Witness what happened when Xitter turned on a country-of-origin indication briefly, realized what it was saying about their audience, and then turned it back off in a hurry.
My mother LOOOOOVES what is happening. The right people are being hurt. And anyone else she can rationalize and victim blame away.
America is full of sadistic, insecure, troglodytes.
It really is sadism, the punitive urge. I'm noticing relatives of mine hesitate to condemn what's happening, and I know that same hesitation from their righteous anger in exacting authoritarian attitudes about other more mundane things. The difference here now is that we're talking about an authoritarian takeover of the government.
It's worse this time. Hitler would have drooled over the level of deep surveillance the state has access to in 2026
On the plus side: Hitler was younger when he came to power. Trump is not long for this world. That doesn't mean that things will get better afterwards, they might, they might now. But we're dangerously close to the edge now.
Just count yourself lucky you don’t live here. Though I wouldn’t put it past Trump to invade Canada at some point but that will likely only happen if he assumes a dictatorship.