I’m really not one for hyperbole. I get how changes happen that can be devastating to some, but don’t actually spell the end of an era or a major turn backwards for a country. However, what I am seeing in the United States is definitely more than a course correction. We are making some huge changes, which once done will be extremely difficult to undo. This is not limited to the dismantling of the Board of Ed. This goes deeper, into the loss of several lesser-known groups such as the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the group responsible for mediating strikes in the USA. The cuts even hit libraries. the Institute of Museum and Library Services was cut. It helps fund libraries and museums in all 50 states. So, what are we really doing here? This is nothing less than a cultural dismantling of America. We are stripping away all of the good in service of more money for the Military and lower taxes for business.
I have to say, the idea of a much larger and refitted military and national guard doesn’t sound like a plus–especially given how the president has recently deployed the guard to California despite objections from the state. Sovereignty is a legitimate question now. As is the idea of a two-party system. We are in real trouble. I am not personally equipped to fight. I am one of the millions of Americans who is likely to be crippled by these largely partisan changes. The goal posts moved. There’s not a clear way to get to them now… And this is only year one.
By year 2 we will either be dealing with extreme fatigue (the likely outcome) in which most people just lay down and take it because they are sick of hearing about it (thanks to how the news has built itself over the last 30 plus years) or there will be significant pushback, which will undoubtedly be labeled as domestic terrorism. They’ve already been throwing the terminology around and attaching it to anyone or anything that doesn’t align with their point of view. It’s bad. It is going to get much worse.
I don’t have a clue what to do about it.