We’re experiencing the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S., and people are looking around and saying, “Where did this come from? How could this be happening?” They’re looking to Hungary and Germany and Russia, for example. The truth is, part of our government, since the founding, has been authoritarian. Part of our government has always governed people without their consent, without elections, without constitutional norms, without limits, without the kind of balance of power that we’re all used to. And it’s changed over time, but that first group of people that were governed that way here were Indigenous people. So much of what the current administration is doing isn’t borrowing from right-wing leaders from other parts of the globe or other parts of history; it’s just borrowing from this body of American law that’s always existed. That’s why it’s been so hard to fight: It’s baked into the system.

I've noticed the people who screamed the loudest about government spending all the ones who needed it the most in the red states-they hate socialism but they love that Social Security check and fema when the lights go out -dumbasses will give $1 billion tax cut to the rich and scream if some kid gets a free lunch