The Time is Now

It's time to recognize who is behind the scenes profiting from war and to build coalitions to resist global fascism.

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Here are some signs of the end or decline of an empire. The empire overextends itself into unending wars and military bases. There is massive inequality and an end to the middle class. Citizens see institutions as corrupt and everything through a partisan lens, making legislation nearly impossible to pass.

Politicians scapegoat the poor and marginalized to distract from their greed and corruption. A populist leader promising to restore glory by targeting scapegoats comes on the scene and accelerates the fall of the empire. Ecclesiastes 3 says, "There is nothing new under the sun."

Today, with every violation of the rule of law Trump makes, he gives Russia, the Dark Enlightenment Tech Bros (Theil, Yarvin, Musk, Vance), and war mongers such as Netanyahu in Gaza, Dan Gertler in Congo, more and more liberty to violate international law and benefit from US military might. Russia, the UAE, Turkey, and Egypt are all profiting from and gaining access to gold from the civil war in Sudan, while major weapon manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and Elbit Systems are increasing their profits on the backs of the escalation of human misery.

It is a dangerous time we live in, especially for those on the margins. Getting out of denial is extremely important, and changing strategy and tactics to combat what is taking place is essential - we are basically on the threshold of World War III. Trump is the spectacle to distract us from this truth.

We must stop looking at governance methods from the past and recognize that we are not in a time of peace. It is a time for politicians like Newsome, Crockett, and others with backbones to use the tactics at their disposal to stand against egregious gerrymandering and other attempts at full-on fascism in the US.

Now is not the time for purity politics, leftist ideological supremacy, or secular puritan fundamentalism. Some deeply diabolical people want the US army and all of its power to implement fascism and white supremacy again in the US, recolonize countries in the global south to enrich their pockets on the back of the exploitation of vulnerable people and ecosystems.

This is not a time to bury our heads in the sand, wait for a messianic politician to arrive to save us, or lie down and allow defeat. It is a time for truth-telling, strategic, pragmatic decision-making, coalition and community building, and collective resistance.