You're heavily downvoted, and while this admin is absolutely autocratic far beyond anything we've ever seen, and democracy is eroding rapidly: privacy has backslid under every administration.
Obama had nearly a decade to revert the patriot act, along with other nefarious shit introduced after 9/11 like PRISM, but did nothing to touch it.
America has been creeping towards a surveillance state for decades, regardless of the party in power.
When the alternatives "aren't any better", wouldn't this mean you could vote for trump a 4th time?
Ofc not. Your statement is bs and deserves all the downvotes. You should take a closer look at the democrats in-fightig, maybe even participate in it, and tell again if a grass roots movement would ne equally bad. To me, this just sounds like you post-hoc rationalizing the idiocy you once voted for. Kamala wouldnt have been worse, same applies to McCain or even Pence.
Sure the crank on the ratchet of fascism is bad, but have you thought about the pawl?
Yes the previous admins were also bad. Obama drone striked weddings, Biden continued immigrant detention policies.
This is why the actual Left denounce the Dem politicians for never fixing the damage done by previous admins. The Democratic party is widely considered controlled opposition by the forces who wish to push the country further right. They are controlled by donations, from the same corporations and individuals who wish to have an even more abusive free-market. Without deregulation and a steady stream of desperate underclass, they cannot continue to make good on the "profit increases forever" promise.
