We don’t need a brilliant mind to understand what’s going on in Washington. It’s clear that a non-military coup has been accomplished. How did this happen? Why didn’t we notice the poison as it dripped into our collective psyche? Why did we ignore it? I have a theory: We demanded entertainment, a psychedelic reprieve from our boring lives. And so we voted for a convicted felon who, I believe, is as obsessed with Heinrich Himmler as much as he is with Himmler’s boss, Adolph. 
Like Adolph, who designated Himmler the “architect of terror,” the leader of the U.S. coup handed blank-check authority to a force called Elon Musk. Yes, it is the leader who signs Executive Orders with a black sharpie and mountainous font resembling Himmler’s signature, but it is the underling who is doing the dismantling of our democracy. Most elected servants in the House and Senate are cowards. As a child, I would have called them ’fraidy cats, scared of their own shadows, terrified of losing their power while being too stupid to realize they’ve already lost it.
We, the people, let this happen. We, the people who write Opinions, were muzzled by corporate media and what did we do? We capitulated. We, the people, are responsible for turning a blind eye to the obvious. Those of us who did not vote for the current occupant of the White House are just as responsible for his victory as those who voted him in. The majority of us remained silent, fearful of retaliation. As I’ve said in previous posts, fear is a powerful motivator.
Now what do we do?
Is Musk the President’s Himmler?
We don’t need a brilliant mind to understand what’s going on in Washington. It’s clear that a non-military coup has been accomplished. How did this happen? Why didn’t we notice the poison as it dripped into our collective psyche? Why did we ignore it? I have a theory: We demanded entertainment, a psychedelic reprieve from our boring lives. And so we voted for a convicted felon who, I believe, is as obsessed with Heinrich Himmler as much as he is with Himmler’s boss, Adolph.
Like Adolph, who designated Himmler the “architect of terror,” the leader of the U.S. coup handed blank-check authority to a force called Elon Musk. Yes, it is the leader who signs Executive Orders with a black sharpie and mountainous font resembling Himmler’s signature, but it is the underling who is doing the dismantling of our democracy. Most elected servants in the House and Senate are cowards. As a child, I would have called them ’fraidy cats, scared of their own shadows, terrified of losing their power while being too stupid to realize they’ve already lost it.
We, the people, let this happen. We, the people who write Opinions, were muzzled by corporate media and what did we do? We capitulated. We, the people, are responsible for turning a blind eye to the obvious. Those of us who did not vote for the current occupant of the White House are just as responsible for his victory as those who voted him in. The majority of us remained silent, fearful of retaliation. As I’ve said in previous posts, fear is a powerful motivator.
Now what do we do?