by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
The thing about all the alarming shit going on in the United States right now is it’s happening in broad daylight. We are all being very naïve if we think that it Can’t Happen Here.
Because it can.
After a final death rattle, it’s very possible that at some point after 2024, when we have our next Republican president, the United States is going to transition into an MAGA fascist autocratic state. What’s worse, there’s a real chance that we won’t settle somewhere around Turkey or Hungary but rather go further down the fascist spectrum to Russia or Nazi Germany.
And here’s where things really get dark.
Given the size and diversity of America’ population, if things really got bad, the size of the number of people that our new fascist overlords would go after is awe inspiring. We’re talking at least 40 million people might be at risk of “elimination” by the MAGA fascists if they really decided to get into it.
Throw in that WW3 would likely happen and maybe a few DPRK H-bombs being lobbed our way and it would be a massive clusterfuck. Or, put another way, once the process of Nazification of America began, who knows where it would end or how many people would die?
All of this is happening in a very conspicuous manner. We’re watching the rise of fascist MAGA antisemitism right before our eyes — as the growing coterie of antisemites who seem to hang out with Trump at the moment.
There are no easy answers. I can’t predict the future. But I would suggest you start to figure out what you believe in and what you are willing to risk your life and scared honor for in the real world. No more just getting mad on Twitter. We all may face astonishing trials and tribulations in the real world once the United States turns into a fascist MAGA state.
The other option being, of course, a civil war, which isn’t so great either.
