They know what's happening, and they're actively pushing it forward.
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"Slowly"? We're already here.
The US is Germany in the 1930s. They're attacking the media, education, Democrats, rounding up undesirables, threatening to annex ~~Austria~~ Canada.
We're already here.
Maybe walking down the street with a sign will stop them.
And with this FDA and president it would spread like wildfire.
Walking down the street with a sign isn't going to stop fascists.
How bad are Americans going to let it get before they do something? Will they finally realize they should stand up for what's right when they're being pushed into the cell?
How is the bump fading?! He just theatened us with annexation again on the weekend!
Hah, this guy thinks we'll have golden years in the future.
But he is a naturalized citizen; you can’t deport citizens, and if he does this to Elon he can do it for everyone.
The Supreme Court already gave him permission to remove naturalized citizenship. He's going to use it, but it'll be on a lot of defenseless poor people, not Elon.
This is the terrifying part. Ads have become so normal in everyday life that people see nothing wrong with wasting their life away being marketed to by corporations. How much of someone's life is wasted hearing their existence isn't good enough but if they'd only buy some product they could be happy?
And yet people are fine with:
People should have basic cooking knowledge
People should have basic financial knowledge
There's no double standard.
Trump is a bully. He's on the side of bullies.