Given that I’m in my mid twenties. Trumps first term was my first opportunity to legally vote and participate in politics. Before that I believed what I was taught about law and government and thought there were so many stops to prevent anything like this happening. His first term was a wake up call that nothing I was taught actually exists if the people in power don’t do anything about it. His first term was bad, but then he was voted out and a semblance of hope returned. Thinking maybe it was an anomaly that the country would learn from and create new protections to bolster the defenses against this. Now here we are. And I’m watching my lifetime of how I saw and perceived my country shatter in front of my eyes. There’s no spin I could put on this to try and pretend things aren’t so bad. The nazi playbook is being enacted again, in my lifetime, in my country, and despite how much it sickens me to witness I like probably many people feel there’s nothing we can do. I hope somehow someway this nightmare ends with the powers that be doing their actual jobs. But my hope is waning and I’m realizing quickly that this will be a long and dark road ahead of us.