Sadly, this is all true. The 2023 version of the U.S. is more totalitarian than 2023 Russia.
We have fewer freedoms.
It doesn't have to be this way. Our constitution is as elegant as it ever was. But the disease of wokeness has gripped the west in such a way that it's starting to resemble the old Soviet Union. And maybe this is the conspiracy theorist in me, but I think an awful lot of money has been spent trying to convince people that the state is their friend, that the state can solve all of their problems, and that the horrible people are those awful individualist, conservative, Christians. there does seem to be a concerted effort to convince Americans that CCP style of governance, which is to say Stalinist style, is the right approach. The destructivists are certainly on the march, especially in academy. And the social justice foot soldiers are their infantry.
Sadly, this is all true. The 2023 version of the U.S. is more totalitarian than 2023 Russia.
We have fewer freedoms.
It doesn't have to be this way. Our constitution is as elegant as it ever was. But the disease of wokeness has gripped the west in such a way that it's starting to resemble the old Soviet Union. And maybe this is the conspiracy theorist in me, but I think an awful lot of money has been spent trying to convince people that the state is their friend, that the state can solve all of their problems, and that the horrible people are those awful individualist, conservative, Christians. there does seem to be a concerted effort to convince Americans that CCP style of governance, which is to say Stalinist style, is the right approach. The destructivists are certainly on the march, especially in academy. And the social justice foot soldiers are their infantry.