Americans: You need to shut the fuck up.

I've seen quite a few posts where y'all are being a bit too free with casual remarks about insurrection and calls to do something. You don't get it: this is a coup. If they manage it, if there's not enough friction, the MAGA movement and the entire ecosystem that feeds on it is going to have access to the largest surveillance system on the planet. You need to absolutely shut the fuck up on everything that isn't about the next baseball game or grilling, and for the love of God, stop committing this shit into writing on digital platforms that are owned by friends of the fascists.

Maybe this'll blow over, maybe it will simmer down to a more sedate and casual level of state violence after a while, like in Italy or Hungary. I don't think it will because it looks like it's going the way of Argentina except you have the letter agencies and a trillion dollar military. But maybe something good will happen. Probably it won't.

Yes, it sucks. No, you're not past the point of giving a shit. Yes, it can get so much worse. Which is why you should now act as if there's a cop looking at everything you're doing and reading everything you write. Because there very well might be one in the very near future. And I'm talking weeks, not months or years.

TL;DR: Shut the fuck up.

Edit: This was a bad idea. I forgot that even more than the rest of the world, Americans got fed their own propaganda and see this as if it was a movie, and I contribute to the delusion. Fine. Hopefully some of the people do get it, the non-obvious truth that staying safe is wise, and that not talking to the police isn't compliance. That you can help without having a masturbatory exercise in public about how tough you are.