If I did that where I live a mob of MAGA hats would descend on my home within a week, if my neighbor doesn’t shoot me first.

Andy Beshear isn’t a Republican who flipped, he’s always been a Democrat.

That’s 10 too many, and just one example of Democratic complicity in this fascist takeover. One of the DNC’s most influential strategists, James Carville, has recommended that Democrats “roll over and play dead,” and the majority seem to be taking that advice to heart.

I started to make a long effort post detailing Putin’s rise to - and subsequent consolidation of - power, but then I came to my senses and realized it would be pointless. If I went through with it, you would just do what you’ve been doing already, dismiss all sources I provide as false and biased propaganda while engaging in ridiculous whataboutism. I decided it would be a poor use of my time, is this really how you want to be spending yours?

Putin and Xi are dictators in the same way that Trump is trying to be. They consolidated power under their office, removing term limits and checks, and manipulate the democratic process in their favor (often with blatant ballot stuffing and crushing opposition, in the case of Putin).

The US political system, as corrupt as it is, isn’t quite to that point yet, though unfortunately that might be changing soon.

There are communities for that across Lemmy that could use some extra activity:

!fungus@slrpnk.net

!mushrooms@lemmy.world

!mycology@mander.xyz

!shrooms@sh.itjust.works

You’ve reminded me that I should be contributing more too. I want to see these communities more active.