One of those minor calamities today, in which most of a pizza topping, but none of the base, landed on a hot pizza stone. I will have to scrape that thoroughly to atone.
Meanwhile in the USA it’s great to have protests against the disaster that is befalling the country, but authoritarians don’t like protests. As a result they are paying particular attention to silencing their critics.
The easy stuff is things like the climate institutes. Maga doesn’t want to hear about subjects like this, why should we pay for it then, so just shut them all down and the problem goes away, simple.
Other institutions like universities rely on government money but can’t be got rid of so easily. They are therefore being extorted to either ban student protest or become more racist. They will make a bold stand this time, but they will be worn down over time. That’ll sort itself.
What do you do with the rest of the population?
There have been a series of blatant violations of the First Amendment, arresting people merely for expressing an opinion. I presume the courts will sort these cases out fairly. As they will to the others that the government arrests in order to harass, threaten and quieten. The point is the arrests.
The present government will continue to terrorise its opponents until people stop criticising them, or until somebody powerful enough tells them to stop it. Which is going to happen first?