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And Democrats are silent because they somehow believe this isn't going to escalate to citizens. They're already revoking permanent visas for bullshit reasons, it's only a matter of time before they do the same to citizens.
Even if they didn't, this is not remotely okay, and the vast majority of elected democrats are either silent or actively working with the fascists.
It's like watching inevitability play out. This is how it has happened before. It'll happen this way again. Because despite the slogan, people do forget.
We have a bunch of old motherfuckers in office whose parents and grandparents lived through WW2 and they are already letting those sacrifices be in vain. If it was some Gen Z kid saying "Nazis never did anything to me, imma see how this plays out," I'd think they were morons, but I'd sort of get that Nazis seem almost cartoonish. They are! Fucking Pepe memes and a meme-president. This will all look like a joke in 100 years, too.
But I digress, these old fucks (I say this as I'm nearing my old fuck era) are failing the one God dammed task they ought to be best suited for as they grew up in the shadow of the war.
No, Democrats are silent because they know that's what the winning voters wanted. It's over. They'll maybe have a chance again in a few years. That is, if their bodies don't end up in some mass grave.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.