Some folks are starting to get it. But....
....not enough.
Nobody wants to believe a truth when it is so horrifically awful (the truth being that we are destined for a fascist authoritarian state where those disfavored by the regime have few legal rights or protections, and their lives and liberty can be declared forfeit by decree). But not wanting to believe it doesn't make it any less true.
Sorry. I really, really, really wanted to be wrong. I love this country. I have loved it since I was old enough to read. I'm a patriot. And realizing that there's no stopping its complete collapse -- for NO FUCKING GOOD REASON, BY THE WAY -- is a perfect combination of infuriating and depressing.
They have their Horst Wessel. They were ALWAYS going to have some Horst Wessel. And now, they are going to do exactly what fascist regimes do when they get their Horst Wessel. Which, again...they were ALWAYS going to do.
This is how it ends. Justified, state-sponsored, state-protected violence against the opposition. It's the "state-sponsored and state-protected" part that should have you shitting your pants. For example, just this week, the trial of a man who tried to assassinate Trump is happening in Florida. If the script was flipped, and there was a man who tried to assassinate Biden or Harris....do you think we'd even be having a trial under this regime? Or would he be treated like the other people who attempted to take out our government by force, and be pardoned by the POTUS? You know the answer. The violence that is to come will either be by the State, or protected and pardoned by the State.
There was a window of time when we could have prevented this. We are past that window. Now?