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When people think of the US, they don’t immediately think of figures like Washington, or Abraham Lincoln — they think of the Statue of Liberty. It’s the land of freedom. The focus isn’t really on one person ruling everything, but on elevating an abstract ideal. It presents itself as the champion of democracy.

Back then, Western countries thought that if you bring market economics, capitalism, investment, and trade into a society, democracy would naturally follow. So they opened up to China. A lot of factories got moved across the Pacific too because of cheap labor. But in the end, what came out was a state that never really gave up its authoritarian side, yet somehow became advanced enough to challenge the West technologically.

Do you ever worry that we might end up losing our freedoms? Like political executions, authoritarian rule, being monitored 24/7, all that kinda stuff?

I voted for Trump all three past election cycles. I will not sugarcoat this the slightest: this is an absolute abhorrent clusterfuck and I feel ashamed, outraged, scared, and duped beyond belief.

I am a right-leaning conservative, but this goes well beyond issues based on partisan lines. Fuel over $4.29 a gallon? Partnerships with mass surveillance companies and deployment of AI mass surveillance technologies on citizens? Trump posting with an AI depiction of him as Jesus with a 3-horned, bulky, shadow figure in the background? The walls closing in on the job market? Mass layoffs and an existential crisis among young Americans and the middle class? Talks of a draft? A fertilizer shortage in the midst of a severe drought with talks of famine on the horizon? Our fire and emergency services throughout the nation on the verge of collapse during this major drought we are in? The willful dismissal of the Epstein scandal? The passiveness when everyday Americans are on the brink of losing everything with just one unexpected emergency?

What are we? China? North Korea? The middle east? Are we under authoritarian rule transitioning into totalitarianism?

This guy is not just insane and delusional. This man is pure evil.

The left's aggressive identity politics, sociopolitical agenda, and social engineering practices were awful and destructive. What this man and his administration is doing is egregious and beyond disgusting. I don't even know what words to use to describe my sheer embarrassment, disgust, and betrayal I am feeling right now. I never imagined our nation would reach a point like this. I never saw it coming.