America’s Turning Point: Electing a Felon, Embracing Fascism

Stylized political art depicting Donald Trump in a mugshot stance with the words ‘45 + 47 FELON.’ The torn American flag in the background represents the fall of U.S. democracy.

I don’t want to hear any more talk about how we’re “sliding toward authoritarianism.” Sliding? That slope ended the day this country elected a racist felon back into office. That was the turning point. That was the moment we stopped arguing about “what if” and started living in what is.

Call it what you want. I’ll call it by its name: fascism.

Experts Have Already Said It

This isn’t just my rage talking. In 2025, NPR reported that more than 500 political scientists were surveyed on the state of American democracy. Sixty-seven percent said it was in decline, sinking toward authoritarianism after Trump’s 2024 “comeback.” These aren’t bloggers in basements. These are the people who spend their lives tracking democracy’s pulse—and they’re flatlining the United States.

And it’s not just surveys. Democracy monitors like V-Dem and Bright Line Watch confirm the same. The U.S. is no longer “at risk.” We’re in the club with nations that have already taken the authoritarian plunge.

Fascism Defined—and How It Shows Up Here

History has receipts. Fascism has never been just about loud leaders. It’s a system built on purging “undesirables,” crushing dissent, and subordinating the individual to the so-called “nation.”

Hitler sold it as Volksgemeinschaft—one national community, no room for outsiders, no space for critics. Jews, Roma, dissenters, journalists, and trade unionists—all marked as expendable.

Sound familiar? Look at what’s happening right here: demonizing immigrants, criminalizing protest, labeling journalists as enemies, and promising “retribution” against political opponents. This isn’t a preview. It’s a rerun.

Trump and Orbán: The Blueprint

This didn’t come out of nowhere. Trump has openly praised Viktor Orbán in Hungary, a man who gutted courts, rewrote constitutions, and captured media to create an “illiberal ”democracy”—elections still happen, but they’re rigged to keep him in power.

That’s the model. And when Trump says he wants to “restructure” federal agencies, purge civil servants, and weaponize the DOJ against critics, he’s not improvising. He’s copying page for page.

The “Pedo Felon” Line

Let me own this: I called him a pedo felon. Critics will cry “hyperbole.” Fine. But understand what I’m doing: rhetorical escalation in a moment that demands it. Because fascism thrives on normalizing the unthinkable. My refusal to sanitize that language is resistance.

You want to argue about the exact phrasing? Fine. Meanwhile, they’re busy rewriting the law to protect the powerful and crush the weak.

Who’s About to Pay the Price

Make no mistake—the targets are already lined up:

• Minorities: immigrants, Black, brown, queer, anyone not fitting the “pure” mold.

• Dissenters: activists, academics, artists, journalists—voices that won’t bow.

• Civil society: NGOs, unions, organizers.

• The law itself: once it’s a weapon for them, it’s no shield for us.

That’s how fascism consolidates. That’s how communities get erased.

Why I Refuse to Stay Quiet

I won’t tone this down for comfort. I won’t pretend “the institutions will save us.” They won’t. Institutions are the first to fold.

We need to face it clear-eyed: America’s turning point is behind us. The question now is not “are we sliding?” —it’s what we are going to do about it.

We either resist, organize, and fight back, or we let history write our epitaph. And if you’ve read this far, you know which side of that line I’m standing on.

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