It’s Not Left vs. Right — It’s Democracy vs. Dictatorship
It’s Not Left vs. Right — It’s Democracy vs. Dictatorship
Republicans cannot govern.
Let’s just start there.
Slogans, promises, and fear-mongering aren’t governing — they’re marketing. And bad marketing at that. We’ve somehow let an entire political party become a full-time outrage machine with zero ability to actually run the country.
Meanwhile, the rest of us — the ones who pay attention, who vote, who actually care — are watching our nation get looted in broad daylight by grifters in red hats.
Hate is not leadership
Americans with differing opinions are not enemies. That used to be basic civics. But Trump’s level of hate has rewritten that rulebook — and not in crayon, but in Sharpie. The man actually calls half the country “the enemy.”
What a small, broken man. A leader who can’t lead only divides. He’s an embarrassment and the worst this country has ever allowed near that office. Can you even imagine if Obama or Biden called Americans “the enemy”? Faux News would’ve spontaneously combusted.
But here we are, living in Trump’s tantrum era — where cruelty is a campaign strategy and ignorance is a political identity.
The couch-fucker and the con man
Let’s not forget Trump’s sidekick, J.D. Vance — yes, the couch-fucker himself. A guy who got rich helping foreign investors buy up U.S. farmland through his company, AcreTrader.
He doesn’t care about Ohio.
He doesn’t care about America.
He cares about power and profit — and he’s selling us out for both.
These people are not “America First.” They’re “Me First.” Always have been.
And Trump? He’s living proof that a con man doesn’t have to be smart if his victims are stupid enough.
The dictator energy is not subtle
Trump has already said the quiet part out loud: “You won’t have to vote anymore.”
He’s not joking.
He’s telling us exactly what he plans to do — end elections and crown himself king of grievance nation.
And his party? They’ll cheer him on because, deep down, they don’t want democracy.
They want dominance and the power that comes with it.
And they will gerrymander and try to rig elections instead of trying to actually come up with a platform that doesn’t include hate, fear, and ignorance.
And somehow, he still walks free despite ignoring court orders like they’re spam emails.
The system bends over backward for him while punishing the people he hurts. And we’re supposed to call that “justice”? Please.
ARREST THE PRESIDENT and his cronies! NOW!
ICE, the new Gestapo
ICE tear-gassed kids in Chicago setting up for a Halloween parade. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker literally had to ask the Department of Homeland Security to keep Halloween ICE-free for the safety of children.
And Kristi “ICE Barbie Puppy-Killer” Noem said, “No.”
But sure, tell me again how Republicans “care about children.”
The new Republican agenda: murder by policy
They’re taking away Medicaid.
They’re cutting SNAP.
They’re slashing Medicare.
They’re firing people.
They’re refusing to renew ACA subsidies.
They’re not checking our food — or our pet food, for that matter!
They’re telling Americans not to vaccinate.
They’re not governing — they’re dismantling. Intentionally.
They’re killing us slowly — not with weapons, but with paperwork and apathy. And whatever’s left, they hand over to the oligarchs who hoard their wealth and couldn’t give a fuck about the average American.
And Faux News has done its job well. Their audience believes fiction more passionately than fact.
The GOP doesn’t even need Democrats to pass this cruelty — they do it themselves, then blame everyone else (and of course, Democrats) when it backfires.
Non-citizens don’t get federal benefits. That’s already the law. But facts don’t matter when your entire base is allergic to them.
Poverty isn’t the problem — greed is
MAGAts love to complain about SNAP recipients buying “junk food.” I’m more concerned about billionaires buying ten-year-olds. Release the Epstein files, already.
If you want to get Americans off food stamps, start with the minimum wage. If it had kept up with inflation and productivity, it’d be $26 an hour. That alone would pull 13 million people off SNAP overnight.
For the record:
If you make $60,000 a year, your share of SNAP costs is about $36 a year.
Welfare? Around $37 a year.
Corporate subsidies? $700 a year.
So no, poor people aren’t the problem.
Rich people stealing everything that isn’t nailed down are the problem.
Billionaires don’t make money — they take it.
MAGA Mike and the rot at the core
MAGA Mike “Grindr” Johnson and the rest of the so-called moral majority are neck-deep in hypocrisy. Spare me the “Christian values” schtick. The only thing they worship is control.
Last week’s election didn’t reject Christian values — it rejected white Christian nationalism.
You know who else had a good night? Democracy itself.
And honestly? Every Democrat elected is, by definition, antifa — anti-fascist. We helped fight — and win — a World War over this! MAGATs, do your basic history homework on this!
Epstein’s ghost and the royal treatment of monsters
Whistleblower documents show that Ghislaine Maxwell — convicted sex trafficker and Epstein’s partner in depravity — is living like royalty at her minimum-security “Club Fed.”
Hand-delivered special meals.
Access to a service puppy.
Private after-hours gym sessions.
Unmonitored meetings with “guests” carrying laptops.
All of it happening inside a federal prison — a massive breach of security that, as Rep. Jamie Raskin warned, poses “extraordinary risks” to justice.
Trump is treating Maxwell better than 99% of Americans. Think about that. A woman who helped traffic children for the elite gets better care than most veterans, teachers, or single moms.
If that doesn’t tell you everything about where this country’s moral compass is pointing, nothing will.
A shift is happening
There’s a reckoning coming. Even some of Trump’s own supporters are starting to turn. They’re furious about the government shutdown, his $300 million ballroom, and those over-the-top Gatsby-style parties at Mar-a-Lardo — held the night before SNAP benefits were cut for millions of working-class, elderly, and disabled Americans (mostly in red states, I might add). The grift never ends.
They’re finally realizing they’ve been played.
This isn’t left vs. right anymore. It’s democracy vs. dictatorship. And that gives me hope.
Because the truth always breaks through — even if it has to kick down the door wearing Doc Martens.
Resist.
Speak.
Vote.
And for the love of all things decent — never stop paying attention.