Friday, August 22, 2025

The language of totalitarianism gets a new idiom

Do the supporters (Republican voters) of the fascist MAGA ethnic cleansing of the United States think the regime will only impose totalitarianism against Them (immigrants, visas holders, Democrats, liberals etc.)? That's not how the tyranny of totalitarianism works. I ask because everyday the threat to everyone who values living in an open society which respects the rule of law and human rights is increasing. This is the latest

The Trump administration is reviewing the records of more than 55 million US visa holders for potential revocation or deportable violations of immigration rules, in a significant expansion of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. 

 In a move first reported by the Associated Press, the state department said that all of the foreigners who currently hold valid US visas are subject to “continuous vetting” for any indication that they could be ineligible for the document, including those already admitted into the country. Should such evidence come to light, the visa would be revoked and, if the visa holder were in the United States, they would be subject to deportation.
"Continuous vetting" means living under constant surveillance, having to live in fear that anything you say or do will upset the regime and end you up in one of the numerous concentration camps for committing a thought crime or because at some point in your life you hit the like button to a post somewhere that Orange Nero says is "woke." The Stasi had to rely on a secret network of informers; now MAGA fascists have access to the infrastructure of mass surveillance that was put in place in response to the 9/11 attacks that has never been dismantled, in addition to the AI algorithms that will scour our digital lives in seconds to find if you have ever held any view or opinion the United States dictator disapproves of. 

It is only a matter of time before this will apply to citizens as well. And when they come for you - I'm speaking to Republican supporters of this - you will have no one to blame but yourself.

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