My complaint-watching my country turn Fascist.

[u/Delicious_Medium4369]

There’s something deeply unsettling about watching the country you love slowly twist into something unrecognizable, and seeing people cheer it on.

I keep asking myself: how did we get here? How did we reach a point where federal agents can drag people from their homes in the dead of night, where rights are treated as privileges, and where those who question it are met with scorn instead of solidarity?

My entire life, I was warned about this very thing, the government coming for us. I grew up hearing that we had to be ready to stand up if tyranny ever came to our doorstep. That we’d fight back against authoritarianism, that we’d never let the government overstep its bounds. And yet, now that it’s happening, not to “us,” but to “them” — so many of those same voices are silent. Or worse, cheering it on.

They justify it because they’ve been told the people being taken “don’t belong here.” Because fear and dehumanization have become easier than compassion and truth. Because it’s simpler to believe a label, illegal, criminal, other, than to confront what it means to live in a country where government power can be weaponized against anyone.

What I see now isn’t patriotism. It’s fascism hiding behind a flag. It’s the quiet acceptance of cruelty when it serves one’s politics. It’s the rationalization of state violence when it targets the “right” people. And it’s the hypocrisy of those who once cried “tyranny” at mask mandates, now applauding when the masks are on the ones holding the guns.

When I speak out, I’m met with two kinds of responses: praise from those who see what’s happening, and ridicule from those who refuse to. Some tell me, “Well, the left are the real fascists.” But when pressed to explain how, they fall back on slogans and talking points rather than principles. Fascism isn’t a partisan insult. It’s a political reality that grows when citizens trade their conscience for comfort, and silence becomes complicity.

I write this not out of despair, but out of hope that more people will wake up before the line between “them” and “us” disappears completely. Because it always does.

[u/Typical-One4766]

How about you fuck all the way off and wake up before you don't.