Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻
The Trump regime has already threatened legal actions against businesses w/DEIA policies. Now he's threatening universities that allow "illegal" protests, and threatening to imprison, expel or deport students.
This is another step towards the criminalisation of dissent, and full-on fascism. No doubt inspired by Putin. Whether it will get that far remains to be seen, but it's inching closer.
This reminds me of the same steps from the 90s SciFi series Babylon 5.
Veronica Olsen 🏳️🌈🇳🇴🌻
When watching SciFi series like Babylon 5 in the past I always thought it was a little unrealistic how obvious these fascists were.
Looking at the US today I realise that this isn't unrealistic at all. These people aren't subtle. They don't have to be, because enough people, who'd otherwise agree this was wrong if it happens elsewhere or at another time, will go to great lengths to convince themselves this is fine and it doesn't affect them.
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