By the time full-fledged fascism in the form of MAGA becomes the law of this land, it will be too late to leave. We are just beginning to feel it heating up. So if we do not defeat the MAGA forces starting with the 2026 midterm elections, this country will be on a steady decline. And if the Dems take the House and Senate, every bit of what Trump and Trumpism has done must be repudiated and reversed and democracy restored with new legal and institutional guardrails to avoid this kind of thing from repeating. I'm too old to leave the country but a lot of very knowledgeable people have already. This includes a couple of famous professors who wrote books on fascism. It speaks volumes that they decided to leave. I once had an anthropology professor who was fond of stating a basic biological rule. It was, adapt, migrate or perish. So since I'm staying, I'm wondering what fighting back looks like in an age of AI mass surveillance. And the world's greatest military might turned against me. If there is to be another Civil War, it will not be a set piece bunch of battles but a protracted guerilla war of ongoing skirmishes with small arms and improvised weapons used against rockets, aircraft and drones. If blue states form unified militias in solidarity and form alliances with some remaining friendly foreign allies, the outcome might lead to a stalemate and the partitioning of the country like North and South Korea. I feel sorry for the young people who must deal with this bleak future. But what we do now matters so much for its avoidance. Yet, I fear the waves of apathy may defeat democracy if too many can't be bothered to care if their government controls every aspect of their lives and promises them bread and circuses or fast food and video games. They will have already adapted to their surrender without even noticing there was something worth fighting for.
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