When I was 8, the popular TV miniseries “V” depicted the arrival of placid, human-like aliens on Earth. Deceptively peaceful, they quickly marched their way into every facet of human life, eventually taking over control of the planet by fiat. At that age I had no context for what the show was actually discussing, which was how the Nazis came to dominate all of Europe and murder 6 million innocent people just 40 years prior by targeting people based on race, religion and manufactured legality, academic and scientific suppression, and media fealty. To me it was just a scary, smart, thrilling science fiction fantasy, but couldn’t possibly happen here. 42 years later, it’s clear that the United States, which has existed for nearly 250 years as the leader of the free world and the beacon of democracy (justified or not) to anyone oppressed throughout the world, is being stripped for parts by a cabal of ultra-wealthy white supremacists and paranoid, apocalyptic tech world oligarchs, lawful citizens are being kidnapped and sent to concentration camps in other countries, educational, scientific, and environmental institutions are being gutted, and the enforcement of our highest laws no longer appears to matter, and that what “V” depicted is no longer fantasy (though the villains are coming from within the walls rather than from outer space).
Americans have to realize they will have 3 choices: acceptance, exit, or confrontation. They can a) comply and live in denial about the horrors being perpetrated in the name of patriotism, b) flee to another country and give what used to be America the middle finger, or c) resist physically through sit-ins, marches, or armed force. 90% of people will likely choose conformity and acceptance. 5% might leave the country and anywhere from 1% – 5% will choose direct confrontation (i.e., a genuine revolution). This is happening, whether people like it or not. Everyone needs to understand this, get past the false doctrine of “American Exceptionalism” and act accordingly. The people will have to be willing to get messy in order to defend the freedoms of their family and friends or passively sit back and watch as it all gets taken away from them.
