

I remember watching brexit thinking “damn they really are that stupid?” only to see Trump elected here shortly after. The fascist slide didn’t start here and when it takes over the rest of Europe we’ll all be sitting here watching yall “handle it” with all that empty bravado
ETA: Americans are showing up in public in the tens of millions knowing our government and our next door neighbors are well-armed lunatics who would love to exercise their power over us at the drop of a hat. I, too, believed that since 99% of the people I talk to aren’t fascists that we’d have the numbers and the resolve to do something, but we’re still missing a key ingredient in getting everyone on the same page at the same time

“everyone does something illegal/has something they’re ashamed of” I have that type of autism that doesn’t let me do anything I know is bad; I pay my taxes and rent well before they’re due, I don’t drive over the speed limit, always push the shopping cart back to the corral.
The reason why privacy is important to me isn’t because I’m bad, it’s because being a good person makes you a target when the world is run by bad people.