The Beginning of the End

Stranger In A Strange Land was a 1961 science fiction book written by Robert Heinlein which told the story of a human raised by Martians who came to Earth and began struggling to understand human culture.

This morning following racist, fascist dictator Trump's almost two hour long "State of the Union" speech last night I think I feel very much a stranger in my own country.  And I fear it only gets worse from this point forward.

Almost 50 percent of Americans cant comprehend above a sixth grade level and it was these voters who helped destroy American democracy as it has been known.  Most political observers are finally saying what many Americans have known - we are now officially a totalitarian state, democracy out the window and instead of a president we have a dictator running the country.

Even if Democrats swept the mid-term elections it does not mean Trump and his cult of personality and goons would go away.  Any future action that Democrats or Independents may take to aright the ship would face the Trump appointed Supreme Court which, until they age out, will continue just what the Trumpsters have put in place.  

Unless it hits them most Americans have no idea what is really happening and most could care less - much like the Germans prior and during WWII who did not or would not face the realities of the Nazi movement.

Under most authoritarian states citizens adapt and go about "normal" lives - whether under political or religious tyrants. 

I fear what we are seeing is truly the beginning of the end of America and the creation of another copy of Russia or North Korea.