This may not be the America for many, but if you aren’t a white, cishet male, dissent does come with the risk of physical violence.
Also see anyone trying to establish/join a trade union.
Violence against dissenters has always been the US.
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"A democracy cannot function properly under threats of violence, where any dissent comes with the risk of physical retaliation. That describes Russia, and not America as we have known it." But with another Trump presidency looming, it seems as though we are slipping closer to authoritarianism.
Prof. Ben-Ghiat has been laying out brutal truths on why Trump is a fascist
