Xanis

This is one of those situations where not certifying the guy and just getting out of the way is an absolutely terrible idea if you enjoy your position. He got young voters out. The same people who are pretty decent at getting out and organizing for protests and with the way things are going these fish may grow teeth. Maybe not sharks, though no one messes with piranhas all the same.

Alaska Pop (2024): 740,000

Now I'm not saying you can fit many monsters in closets and under beds...

You know what'd be absolutely priceless though?

You shall find your answers if you follow the path of power, which in time will lead into the Forest of Money, and after many days shall lead into the Heart of Dissension. All of it found in the Realm of Mockery.

For you see, many of the Republican leaders aren't stupid. They are quite smart. However, they collectively have very similar character traits:

1. Propensity for hatred
2. Superhuman ability to project
3. Stupendously fragile ego
4. Thirst for power not for, just against
5. Diligence against learning
6. Frightened to challenge their own beliefs
7. Terror of ostracisation
8. Desire to fit in

They hate so strongly that they refuse to understand that the "values" they have are projections of their own ego in their thirst for power. This desire for authority is never to help others, it's to stomp on those who challenge their fragile beliefs lest they get questioned too hard and are kicked from the many mini cults they subscribe to. Don't believe me? Play "I'm an Imaginary Republican in 2025!"

"This goes against..! -> "OBAMA..." -> [insert personal attack] -> "My constituents could never..." -> "In 1847..." -> covers ears "LA LA LA" -> Other holdout Republicans begin voting yes on destroying the Universe and all who live within it -> Votes "Yes" trying to be the last holdout because his colleagues know what he's doing and salty because they know his base probably loved it

Unless something happened it was always going to escalate. The question was ever only the cause and whether any side would meet that escalation with their own. I started asking something similar during Covid and was told people didn't want to risk someone spitting on them. I said it again after January 6th and people replied that they didn't want to be targets by some psycho. A year ago when this started to become clear I asked why we weren't out on the streets reminding the DNC what we need and I got the same answer then I've gotten in the past: I can't take off of work/I need to pay my bills.

So, my friends, is this enough yet?

Only if we immediately decide that everything's fine and proceed to move forward willfully ignoring the very real changes that need to be focused on by everyone.

There is a powerful key difference nowadays, two if you broke it down into its component parts:

1. Information is much, MUCH easier to come by and because of that while hate and intolerance continues to be widespread you also see a larger number of at least partially informed people on average.

2. Hitler got most of Germany to at least openly state they were on his side in some form. The U.S. is a rather large country and hugely diverse and growing more sharply outspoken by people who were once quiet, on both sides.

I also know that Trump doesn't have the charisma of Hitler and we are not a Nation still reeling from the economic effects of a World War.

However, that is not to say this won't get worse. It just won't be a blanket with pockets of resistance. More likely entire States will stand, as many already are. I just hope we the people decide to unite and do what we must before it gets worse.

It's politics. You could have some shoplifting charge from 40 years ago and people will yell about how you're the worst and attempt to invalid everything you do because of it.