Comment by frogperson

3 days ago

This is fascism. What law are they breaking? What authority does hegseth have? This feels alot like the threat of state violence to silent dissent.

Basically yes. The Trump regime is made up of the absolute worst kind of people. They seem utterly incapable of comprehending real solutions to any of the problems that we face. The only thing they know how to do is bark orders to do whatever simple thing can fit inside their own heads, and then resort to bullying if the target does not comply. It is prudent to avoid giving such people any more capabilities, which will inevitably be abused to harm our society. And the really sad part is how many otherwise-intelligent people they fooled (and continue to fool) with their hollow chest-thumping.