I agree. But I think the frightening thing is while the US is at the forefront, fascism is rising more broadly. The UK designated Palestine Action a terrorist group and arrested 28 people the other day on charges of supporting a terrorist organization - a charge associated with imprisonment- for holding placards saying they denounce genocide and support Palestine Action. Netherlands head of state mentioned introducing a law whereby it will be a crime to help someone who is in the country illegally (i.e, an Anne Frank law). Canada, BC, and Ontario just passed bills where government officials can circumvent a whole bunch of regulations when they see fit. Our nation is still sending or selling supplies to Israel, who's committing ethnic cleansing in plain sight.

I'm not just concerned about Americans being asleep at the wheel. I'm concerned about a lot more of the global population being asleep at the wheel. But chicken and the egg. Things wouldn't have got this bad if people weren't asleep at the wheel.

And I feel the rise of late-stage capitalism leading to fascism is strongly associated inaction and denial of climate change.

It made me feel something to see David Suzuki recently say that the fight against climate change has been lost and to hear many others say "this resonates, at least in part, with me."

I'm not sure things will turn around until civilians do start fighting back and overthrow a government. I don't know if it will happen in my lifetime or not. But I'm starting to think it might be a good idea to prepare for that, so that I'm ready and can contribute

To me, the probability of free and fair US presidential elections in 2028 is certainly less than 50% at this point, 6 month into his presidency