Venting Watching my country quickly descend into a fascist police state has me back here.

[CravingPeace]

I thought I was getting better. I mean, I was. Properly diagnosed with bipolar 1 and put on meds that finally worked, moved workplaces and enjoying my time with coworkers.

Then, the first threat of a funding freeze at a government job. I realized how easily my stability can disappear. It didn't then. Then the ICE raids started. The Spanish-speaking clients we serve started to not show up to appointments, out of fear or because they were taken, I'll never know. An evil coworker called ICE on my coworker's husband, a U.S. citizen. He beat the shit out of an agent and now has 4 felonies being pushed farther & farther back because, being a military man, all of his benefits and retirement are in jeopardy. No one in management believes she called but we truly know. So we see her every day, and she constantly intimidates our Spanish clients, they keep complaining to us but no one listens to us.

Evil has been given the green light. Being despicable is allowed, and even encouraged depending on where you are. And now the President has declared that anyone who simply doesn't agree with Christian values, capitalism, corruption, police brutality, rampant gun violence, MAGA ideology, the stripping of due process and free speech, the administrations actions - anyone who disagrees with these things can be labeled as a terrorist. And he has called for all top military brass for a secretive meeting tomorrow, likely for a loyalty test and/or to command them to target those who oppose him. He gave government access to Peter Thiel, the owner of Palantir, a massive AI tracking software, to compile lists of dissidents. The internet is no longer safe for us. When the President says go - all dissidents can be swept away. It's no longer a "what if", but a "when".

And all we can do is wait. Wait for it to happen.

Why am I waiting for my inevitable demise by the hands of an evil regime, when I can do it on my own terms?

I mourn for the idea of the American Dream I grew up with. Perhaps it was silly to believe in, but it seemed like an attainable goal just 10 years ago. There are no dreams here anymore. America is where dreams come to die.

 

[k1m]

The government isn't going to come after you. You don't have the political awareness or organization to threaten it.

 

[MyShadow]

I thought I was getting better. I mean, I was. Properly diagnosed with bipolar 1 and put on meds that finally worked, moved workplaces and enjoying my time with coworkers.

Then, the first threat of a funding freeze at a government job. I realized how easily my stability can disappear. It didn't then. Then the ICE raids started. The Spanish-speaking clients we serve started to not show up to appointments, out of fear or because they were taken, I'll never know. An evil coworker called ICE on my coworker's husband, a U.S. citizen. He beat the shit out of an agent and now has 4 felonies being pushed farther & farther back because, being a military man, all of his benefits and retirement are in jeopardy. No one in management believes she called but we truly know. So we see her every day, and she constantly intimidates our Spanish clients, they keep complaining to us but no one listens to us.

Evil has been given the green light. Being despicable is allowed, and even encouraged depending on where you are. And now the President has declared that anyone who simply doesn't agree with Christian values, capitalism, corruption, police brutality, rampant gun violence, MAGA ideology, the stripping of due process and free speech, the administrations actions - anyone who disagrees with these things can be labeled as a terrorist. And he has called for all top military brass for a secretive meeting tomorrow, likely for a loyalty test and/or to command them to target those who oppose him. He gave government access to Peter Thiel, the owner of Palantir, a massive AI tracking software, to compile lists of dissidents. The internet is no longer safe for us. When the President says go - all dissidents can be swept away. It's no longer a "what if", but a "when".

And all we can do is wait. Wait for it to happen.

Why am I waiting for my inevitable demise by the hands of an evil regime, when I can do it on my own terms? I got my SN just weeks before DMC was compromised. I still have it, and it pulls me closer each additional day living in this hell hole.

I mourn for the idea of the American Dream I grew up with. Perhaps it was silly to believe in, but it seemed like an attainable goal just 10 years ago. There are no dreams here anymore. America is where dreams come to die.

The US has become a very scary place indeed and every day, things are getting worse.

 

[CravingPeace]

The government isn't going to come after you. You don't have the political awareness or organization to threaten it.

I suggest you only speak on what you truly know. You do not know me, and you clearly do not understand the moment. Perhaps don't speak at all.

 

[TBONTB]

I thought I was getting better. I mean, I was. Properly diagnosed with bipolar 1 and put on meds that finally worked, moved workplaces and enjoying my time with coworkers.

Then, the first threat of a funding freeze at a government job. I realized how easily my stability can disappear. It didn't then. Then the ICE raids started. The Spanish-speaking clients we serve started to not show up to appointments, out of fear or because they were taken, I'll never know. An evil coworker called ICE on my coworker's husband, a U.S. citizen. He beat the shit out of an agent and now has 4 felonies being pushed farther & farther back because, being a military man, all of his benefits and retirement are in jeopardy. No one in management believes she called but we truly know. So we see her every day, and she constantly intimidates our Spanish clients, they keep complaining to us but no one listens to us.

Evil has been given the green light. Being despicable is allowed, and even encouraged depending on where you are. And now the President has declared that anyone who simply doesn't agree with Christian values, capitalism, corruption, police brutality, rampant gun violence, MAGA ideology, the stripping of due process and free speech, the administrations actions - anyone who disagrees with these things can be labeled as a terrorist. And he has called for all top military brass for a secretive meeting tomorrow, likely for a loyalty test and/or to command them to target those who oppose him. He gave government access to Peter Thiel, the owner of Palantir, a massive AI tracking software, to compile lists of dissidents. The internet is no longer safe for us. When the President says go - all dissidents can be swept away. It's no longer a "what if", but a "when".

And all we can do is wait. Wait for it to happen.

Why am I waiting for my inevitable demise by the hands of an evil regime, when I can do it on my own terms?

I mourn for the idea of the American Dream I grew up with. Perhaps it was silly to believe in, but it seemed like an attainable goal just 10 years ago. There are no dreams here anymore. America is where dreams come to die.

I mourn for it too. The idea of rights, due process, and ideals bigger than an individual were something I believed to be a basic fact about the US. I am completely shocked at the erosion.

Right here with you.

 

[k1m]

I suggest you only speak on what you truly know. You do not know me, and you clearly do not understand the moment. Perhaps don't speak at all.

The point of fascism isn't to kill everyone who thinks differently. Not even the nazis did that. Every fascist regime represents the most backward capitalists and the petty bourgeoisie, and those classes have actual interests. They only kill those who get in the way of their plans (deportations, autarky, war). They kill those they fear. Idk if you knew this but plenty of old SPD intellectuals survived the nazi regime. What you are saying is less radical than 1920s social democracy, and you aren't even a well known politician. Nobody is gonna kick down your door. If you care at all this is the time to be politically active, not the time to say "oh there's nothing I can do."

 

[CravingPeace]

The point of fascism isn't to kill everyone who thinks differently. Not even the nazis did that. Every fascist regime represents the most backward capitalists and the petty bourgeoisie, and those classes have actual interests. They only kill those who get in the way of their plans (deportations, autarky, war). They kill those they fear. Idk if you knew this but plenty of old SPD intellectuals survived the nazi regime. What you are saying is less radical than 1920s social democracy, and you aren't even a well known politician. Nobody is gonna kick down your door. If you care at all this is the time to be politically active, not the time to say "oh there's nothing I can do."

Again: Speak on what you truly know, or don't speak at all.

Victims of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Alexandra_]

I'm sorry. I hate my country too, there's nothing good here