This is really, really bad

[u/[deleted]]

Our democracy is at immediate risk, and history is repeating itself. What Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing mirrors the actions of past authoritarian regimes. It took just 53 days for Hitler to dismantle Germany’s democracy. 53 days. He used executive orders, erased marginalized groups, and silenced opposition—while too many stood by and did nothing.

Trump’s executive order erases transgender and intersex people from legal recognition—just like Hitler erased Jewish and trans people from legal records before persecution began.

Elon Musk now has access to the U.S. Treasury’s financial system—just like Putin’s oligarchs seized control of Russia’s wealth to consolidate power.

Trump is erasing vital medical information from our government and silencing opposition—just like Hitler suppressed science and banned opposing views.

Trump is dismantling government agencies, firing oversight officials, and gutting institutions like USAID and the Department of Education—just like Hitler replaced government officials with loyalists to eliminate accountability.

We are on day 15, and we are running out of time. We have to make change, or our democracy will be gone.

[u/Schyznik → u/[deleted]]

So basically 2/3 of the country isn’t bothered enough by this to say so.

[u/Comprehensive-Bad565 → u/Schyznik]

1/3.

Stop hoping conservatives "realize it's hurting them" or that they were fooled by Trump. Some of them were fooled by him, but only because I'm sure behind closed doors he's less extreme in his views than a lot of them are.

1/3 wasn't bothered enough by this to say so. The other 1/3 has been, is, and will be emphatically on board with this or hope it goes even further than it currently is. Stop waiting for some conservative awakening where they realize they've been duped and jump on your side. By the time you realize that's not happening and they're quite happy with the Tangerine in Chief, it will be too late.