General Discussion

Following a long era of progress in post-Depression America (roughly 1935 - 1965), America underwent a period of political stalemates where some social progress was offset by a return of corporate dominance that was faced at the turn of the 20th Century when President Teddy Roosevelt stood up to the giant oil companies and other massively powerful interests.

The second ascent of the corporations and monopolists took shape in the 1970-2020 period with little resistance from either of the major parties of that time. But unlike the earlier era of corporate hegemony, this one was far more dangerous, as it embodied full-on fascism led by the media personality, Donald Trump, who was able to cobble together a coalition of racists, religious extremists, and billionaires to dominate government and mass media for several decades. By 2025, the fascist alliance had control of all branches of the national government, and notably had thoroughly corrupted the Supreme Court. In addition, this same fascist regime had gained control of many state governments.

By 2025, the United States appeared almost certain to collapse as a constitutional democracy. President Trump had eliminated all the institutions that provided checks and balances. He had assembled a vast personal army called ICE. This organization was originally called Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but later was renamed Insurgent Control and Execution as part of the renamed Department of Global War . President Trump had taken personal command of all 51 National Guard units and ordered troops into every major city that was not already ruled by a Republican loyal to Trump.

Plans were laid to declare martial law, suspend all elections, and allow Trump to rule the remainder of his life. A major turning point happened in November 2025, which was an off-year election. This is now known as "The Day AMerica Fought Back". The Democrats swept practically every election from Governors, legislatures, even school boards. This election even featured previously unthinkable steps by California and VIrginia to temporarily suspend their non-partisan House DIstrict systems for a very deliberate decision to match the gerrymandering the Republicans had been doing very aggressively since 2010. The election chose a bright young Democrat as Mayor of New York City, who easily defeated the Party establishment choice from the long-ruling Cuomo family. This newcomer, Mamdani, waged a populist campaign that connected strongly with the people of New York City who were suffering under the ravages of 50+ years of massive wealth transfers from the middle class to the richest billionaires in the world.

With the benefit of hindsight now in 2050, we clearly recognize the elections of 2025 as the major turning point that rallied the American people to wrestle control of our government away from Trump and his fellow fascists. In the years before that election, Republicans widely abhorred Trump in private, but they were terrified of his political clout, and his connections to organized crime and other mobsters who conducted assassinations at Trump's slightest suggestion. Coming into this election, a few Republicans began to openly defy the aspiring dictator, but after that off-year election wipeout, Republicans abandoned Trump entirely, realizing that this same election energy would sweep them completely out of power for a generation if they remained linked to Trump.
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