inv0ke-epipen said:
A little alarmist....
The Supreme Court thing is BS, but that's politics not destruction of democracy.
That article makes it sound like Trump wants to crack down on people entering rather than crack down after their entry, which requires due process. A bit of a jump to say that means 'ending due process'.
Do you actually realize they can technically strip citizenship without offering due process ? Oh, how bad can that be -- I was born here, so what do I care .
I think it is instructive to look at what happened in Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos (if any Filipino-Americans know more than me, a layman on this topic , please chime in here) --
Marcos' greatest trick was convincing people that all protestors were communist animals, so when went missing, few cared. Even after bodies were discovered
The establishment people and journalists talking about being "civil" ? They were the rich people who knew they won't be affected by many of Marcos' policies and therefore could ignore them even as the killings started
He was very adept at convincing regular Filipinos that "as long as you dont commit crimes I won't come for you, I am only getting rid of the "filth" . He was lying of course as he jailed his most vocal opponents, people whose businesses he wanted to confiscate for his own use.
Filipinos were very susceptible to strongman personalities, just like today's Republicans
Marcos kept pushing - first it was all protestors were communists. then it was the free press . then it was "bad businesses". then anyone who looked at his family askance. And every step of the way there were people twittering on about being civil - SURELY Marcos wouldn't go that far, the economy is flourishing, surely it cant be that bad now, can it .
"It didnt happen to ME, so it must not be bad " -- right up until Martial Law
So here we are again , shifting goalposts and enabling all the gaslighting , even if inadvertently.
and now we will see the consequences 