Finally, after the holidays, we have snow on the ground. It's not like the 30" that happened in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but it's enough to cover the ground and stay. A small consolation at the beginning of the year.
Different era, Germany. Same warning signs. Different name, America. Same result, unless something truly changes.
The dictator running the increasingly Divided States of America has attacked Venezuela. The excuse will be wrapped in talk of security or freedom, but the real reason is obvious: oil. It always is. What matters more than the lie itself is how easily it’s accepted, and how little resistance it seems to provoke at home.
How long are Americans going to stand by while the democracy their founders fought for is openly trampled? People protest, boycott, and flood Congress with calls and letters, but has it changed anything? No. The system grinds on, insulated from public outrage, while those meant to check power either can’t or won’t act.
History doesn’t repeat itself exactly, but it echoes. In the 1930s, many believed democratic institutions would hold, that the danger was exaggerated, that things would correct themselves. They were wrong. Democracies don’t collapse all at once, they rot slowly, through complacency and fear.
