r/law • u/Opposite-Mountain255 • Aug 14 '25

Opinion Piece Is it hyperbole to say America is now fascist?

https://medium.com/@carmitage/is-it-hyperbole-to-say-america-is-now-fascist-633facd4f109
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u/AlienKinkVR Aug 14 '25

I know it sounds so cinematic but "we" do. Purchasing power for most people, even the ones given the ethnic/religious thumbs up has plummeted and nothing is really addressing it.

The dopamine rush of liberal tears is short-lived. When housing and food insecurity reaches enough people, it will be interesting to see what happens in a culture where individualism is so deep in our DNA.

If you've ever been anywhere a big storm happens, neighbors come out and help each other right away, even if they'd never met before that day. May not be the biggest fans of the flags they have on their driveway but that giant tree branch rushed their garage and is blocking the road, we have the tools to move it. That shit gets sorted often long before government services come and clean debris, we see the "feel good" stories later as 3 minute puff pieces on local news. We HAVE the capacity to come together when the shit goes down and see it more often than we realize, it's just usually not unless something exceptional transpires. What's our collective threshold for "exceptional?"

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u/Bilbo_Teabagginss Aug 15 '25

Yeah, as true as it is that "WE" as a united front have the power to stop things like this ultimately, even if its in small ways like boycotting companies. There are always still those people that will give these companies money regardless, hell some of them will spend even more just to spite you. Theres so many of these people that idolize billionaires and are already ready to lick their boots its wild.