Truly, I can't understand the refusal to see what is going on here by so many. Our nation is under attack in a very open manner, and it's being celebrated by some. We really need better education on history if there are those who are unworried by this. ₁The Nazi party wiped out democracy via legal means. The current administration is attempting to do so by any means necessary, all while people express support for it.
Truly, it's an abysmal state we find ourselves in when our freedoms are being taken, and human rights are being reversed. Empathy is denounced, and sociopathy is celebrated, all wrapped up in the greed of the extremely wealthy. ₂Yet, people with the least are celebrating an administration that seeks to destroy their way of life, for some nebulous reasons inspired by a president who lies, cheats, and is convicted of crimes.
Trump is not a good person or a worthy leader for a nation that celebrates liberty and freedom for all. Yet, so many stand by while he attempts to restrict those very concepts for many. Why is it that we celebrate the deletion of liberty and freedoms for some? Perhaps it's because some of us lack the necessary empathy for our fellow citizens, seemingly because how they choose to use their liberty and freedom goes against our own. Which, to me, is a belief that is counter to liberty and freedom.
All in all, a large swath of our nation has forgone caring about others in the name of the self. While you can vote as you wish, I will not stand by and let unempathetic people go unchallenged. I will continue to vote for the concepts of liberty and justice for all, which the GOP has demonstrated time and again that it no longer grasps, especially in this current climate and administration.
₃While it sells our government to the highest bidder—a man who runs businesses propped up by taxpayer dollars—yet, that conflict of interest is thrown to the wind by Trump's America. For by any means necessary, they will rip our democracy apart. ₄They will attempt to delete the progress we've made as a people, all in the guise of bygone eras that never were. Yet, realistically, the point was always about turning this into a kingdom for the few and a cage for the many.
This is the time to stand up for the heart of our nation. If they see fit to delete the rights of people, those people can and will fight tooth and nail for their right to live as they wish. Liberty and freedom are nebulous concepts that have lost their meaning to many within our nation, all the more reason to ring out in defense of those rights and many others being targeted and/or erased. While some might be sleepwalking us towards it, now is the time to stand fast against fascism and those who attempt to invite our nation into its grip.
₁ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/
₂ https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-testimony-verdict-85558c6d08efb434d05b694364470aa0
₃ https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5285539/doge-musk-usaid-trump
₄ https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/