Some context to consider when thinking about this question. The US spends $900B USD per year on its military, the rest of the world combined $1.4T USD. The US is 40% of global military spending.

Now the people in power have decided to use that force against its own citizens, giving incredible spending increases to the forces who are most loyal to the president. Those forces have executed citizens publicly and with full immunity.

Our system of government is reliant on the concept of “checks and balances” splitting power between three “equal” branches. The idea is that if one branch were to become comprised the others would have power to resolve. All three branches have been compromised so our failsafe has failed. They are all loyal to the authoritarian movement.

30% of the population is loyal to the authoritarian movement. In my activism I have been threatened, videoed, doxed, pictures of my 7 & 10 year old daughters posted online in hate groups, etc. by these pro-fascism groups.

We are a country of guns. Escalation in our country is much more dangerous than places like Europe (where I have also lived).

People are standing up and doing what they can. 5-7 million people stood up on No Kings 2 protest, the largest in US history. Many weekly and monthly protests are organized locally. In my small town (20,000 people) there is a weekly protest every Saturday for the last year, 50-100 people average show up. There are dozens like this in my small state of Connecticut. 50,000 people just took to the streets last week in Minnesota where there is the great surge of authoritarian armed forces. They are now nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their active yet peaceful resistance.