i hope i’m paranoid
100% justified. We experience paranoia for a reason. Like you said, you've studied history, and we're officially in the "secret police disappearing people off the streets", and "our own military being sent in as a hostile invading force into our own cities" phase of christofascism.
Now is the time to be assessing your options. Fight, flight, or blend in. Shit will most likely get worse before it gets better.
i am fearful of the same scenario. i strongly believe that fascism will be utilized to usher in a White Nationalist interpretation of Christian fundamentalism steeped in patriotism and American exceptionalism. we're worried about the jingoism of the Trump administration but wait until the next guy.
i am not saying this lightly: we need to prepare for the escalation of physical actions committed by far right authoritarians. we cannot sit by and be caught off guard or unprepared. speak with your local community, if you don't see one make one. i am considering this myself for my area. i am uncertain of my future and worry about being in some sort of indefinite hold at a detention center for whatever bullshit they identified me as.
it's gotten incredibly scary exactly how we said it would, so.. no, you're not paranoid or wrong. i'm sorry. i wish i could encourage you but i cannot. however, let me tell you to remain hopeful and optimistic, comrade. this is what they want us to feel. they want us to retreat into our paranoia and fears and continue to be paralyzed and inactive. refuse that feeling and at the very least do not let them emotionally sabotage you.
we don't know what may be being planned where or when. keep that in mind as well. just because we don't see it doesn't mean it isn't happening. maybe we will see something soon, something to let us know there are others with a plan or idea of revolution.
Just read what the Jesuit Order is doing. In fact, listen to the Pope. You'll know the plan right there... and it's insidious.
I think because you're realizing where Christianity comes from: Rome. I've researched this for a few months with another content creator (at our own time), and I can confirm that your fears of christofascism being normalized are nothing short of accurate.
To explain this, it has to do with people leaving the Roman Catholic Church when the last great war (which will be the war to end all wars for real) eventually becomes green. It's safe to assume that Roman Catholicism, or any of its surrogates (and there are a ton of them), will become mandatory by 2035, and not doing so will result in one's death. If one reveres (forehead) or obeys (right hand) the Antichrist Beast Popes of Rome, overruled by the False Prophet Jesuit Superior Generals of the world (since 1798), this is taking the Mark of the Beast. It's that simple, and Revelation 13 explains exactly what these punks do.
Reality is scary and batshit insane enough as it is, no need to make up stories
Dude the people in power are ... [Went and looked it up] holy fuck they're 30% Roman Catholic that's terrifying. I grew up Roman Catholic and that shit's basically a cult.
Anyways I was posting to say I have absolutely no fucking idea what you're talking about.
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