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All Hail the New Authoritarian America
All Hail the New Authoritarian America
In America, you can now wear a MAGA hat, storm the U.S. Capitol, and attack police officers, but you can't commit a thought crime, be a legal immigrant, or criticize the dear leader.
THE LEFT HOOK WITH WAJAHAT ALI
APR 12, 2025
(Illustration by political cartoonist Paul Szep)
One day, everyone would have been against all this.
That is if we are lucky to be taught history, read books, and share stories that aren’t deemed dangerous and threatening to the regime.
If America remains committed to authoritarianism, the current Trump Administration will be hailed by future stenographers as the most glorious era of humankind, hearkening a rebirth of greatness thanks to the masculine, brilliant potency of Donald Trump, who was destined by God and fortune to smite the dark forces of wokeness with his gold-plated AR-15.
That might seem like hyperbole or a cheap reboot of dystopian Orwellian fiction. However, in 2025 America, a legal immigrant can be detained and deported without due process simply for a thought crime.
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In America, you can now wear a MAGA hat, storm the U.S. Capitol, and attack police officers, but you can't commit a thought crime, be a legal immigrant, or criticize the dear leader.
THE LEFT HOOK WITH WAJAHAT ALI
APR 12, 2025
(Illustration by political cartoonist Paul Szep)
One day, everyone would have been against all this.
That is if we are lucky to be taught history, read books, and share stories that aren’t deemed dangerous and threatening to the regime.
If America remains committed to authoritarianism, the current Trump Administration will be hailed by future stenographers as the most glorious era of humankind, hearkening a rebirth of greatness thanks to the masculine, brilliant potency of Donald Trump, who was destined by God and fortune to smite the dark forces of wokeness with his gold-plated AR-15.
That might seem like hyperbole or a cheap reboot of dystopian Orwellian fiction. However, in 2025 America, a legal immigrant can be detained and deported without due process simply for a thought crime.
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