What "Could" Come to Pass....

Fate has not been written yet.

I read an interesting Medium article by Aletheiesthenes that tracks closely the information I've been gathering about the strategic dismantling of our democracy.

Like many writers have noted, what we're witnessing in the U.S. follows the classic playbook of an authoritarian coup. It's been in the works for decades, gaining momentum through efforts like the Project 2025 authored by the Heritage Foundation and its ideological alignment with a cohort of technocrats (Peter Theil, Curtis Yarvin) who envision the U.S. being run like a company with a CEO-style leader and unchecked executive power, a style also lauded by our VP.

The article points to the end of April as a critical tipping point - specifically April 20th - as the end of a 90-day window in which the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security are expected to deliver their assessment of the Insurrection Act. Under the guise of border security, this would allow the president to declare martial law and deploy the military domestically.  and allows the President to call Martial law and deploy the military domestically.

I had already bookmarked this date after hearing that the Heritage Foundation had set a 90-day target for enacting key parts of Project 2025. But the article goes a step further, laying out what could unfold if we don’t wake up - and if we fail to avoid falling into a trap that justifies a crackdown.

It describes a chilling possibility: mass protests infiltrated and escalated by provocateurs, a “false flag” event used to justify martial law, arrests of journalists and liberal opposition leaders, militias deputized to restore order, internet blackouts in urban areas, and even the suspension of future elections. 

The author noted that this reads like dystopian fiction, but it’s drawn directly from the playbook of historical authoritarian takeovers and, as we are in the midst of one right now, makes it worth taking seriously.

But that said, this is only one possibility.

This is the warning Frodo saw in the Mirror of Galadriel, what may come to pass if we fail. 

There is still time.

We must not give up hope.

Let this not serve as a prophecy but as a rallying cry - a call to mobilize while we still can: Boycotts. Strikes. The Digital Exodus.

Let's reclaim our power and our sovereignty that we've given away to the Big 5 companies complicit in the breakdown of democracy.

We start now, and we go public on Earth Day.

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Read the rest of Aletheiesthenes' (think Galadriel) warning here:

• Part 1: The Point of No Return? (On April 20th, the United States may initiate its final steps into authoritarian rule and Cross the Point of No Return)
  
• Part 2: If the Shit Actually Hits the Fan.
• Part 3: What Changed my Mind. From ‘It can’t happen here’ to ‘Oh shit.’
• Part 3A: What Changed my Mind. From ‘It can’t happen here’ to ‘Oh shit.’ (The TLDR version)
• Part 4: Part 4: A Shopping List for the Unthinkable.
• Part 5: Part 5.0: Check My Math: A Step-by-Step Guide to Evaluating the Risk of Authoritarianism in the U.S.