So the U.S. is tumbling down the gutter right now and everyone is tuning into this shitshow. I think it's safe to assume that no matter where you live, you've probably heard something, at the very least in passing, about the orange man I will not name. You've probably also heard that he's been re-elected. The result is technically not concrete right now, as many states are still counting votes, but it's practically impossible for Harris to beat him.
And, for further information, there is a push from certain financial contributors to orange man's campaign who are pushing for mass incarceration of library workers across the country. As you may know from my bio, I am queer and a library worker myself, and I won't lie, I'm very scared for what the future holds in regards to my safety. There is a very real possibility I will get arrested for wearing pronoun pins at my job.
This is, rightfully, a huge deal. The only hope is that his trial will give him a lengthy sentence and that he will be barred from receiving presidential power before serving his full sentence. And even still, that hope falls flat if that power is transferred to his vice president nominee j.d. vance.
To put it bluntly, we are in danger. The rhetoric they both spout is eerily reminiscent of the n*z! party, as are many of the policies they are pushing for and supporting. He has called for the removal of nationwide protections of DEI programs, racial equality, gender equality, equality for the disabled, political equality, and basically every form of putting people in equal power with one another. He is knowingly, if not purposefully, inciting a war on minorities across the country. He does not plan to leave that office until the day someone kills him.
I will say it clearly: Trump is a fascist. He will make the U.S. a fascist country the moment he is allowed to step into the White House.
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