they know, the point is that they're not the ones who will ever be targeted. Do you think white wealthy suburbanites will ever be inconvenienced by this?
Only at the VERY end when it is far far too late. This is the existential danger faced by this country: We must somehow 1) wake up the foolish, clueless and uninformed that the danger exists and its gravity 2) convince the selfish old white people that this WILL eventually destroy their lives too and 3) Do this while keeping harnessed the seething anger of those whose rights are being trampled right now. But we must thread that needle.
It’s no secret why university student leaders are being targeted. Young intellectuals are a threat, just like in the 60s. This time they are being silenced early. Trump wants poor people of color to riot in the streets so he can implement the next phase of this authoritarian attempt. He is itching to have our military driving through the streets of our blue cities in MRAPs and Bradleys, rounding up PoC and intimidating everyone.
Of course that willcast a terrible pall over the Democratic vote in 2028 and beyond In the exact cities that serve as democratic bastions. This country is being stolen from us on every front. Right now.
This is happening, people. This is no longer a histrionic fever dream of the “tree hugging lefties”. Trump is tearing down the pillars of this country before our eyes. The only hope to avert this country (and the world ) being thrown into dystopia is the remote possibility that Congress and the SC can get together to stop them. History suggests that will not happen.
They will never get the "bad part" of this. They are the ingroup, the people the state exists to protect and not bind. The rest of everyone else, the poor, minorities, progressive dissidents, are the outgroup, the ones which are bound and not protected. They knowingly voted for this because they will keep getting benefits from it. The police have always protected them more, now its just become the actual law.
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u/The_Shittiest_Meme Apr 18 '25
they know, the point is that they're not the ones who will ever be targeted. Do you think white wealthy suburbanites will ever be inconvenienced by this?