Actual policies and laws emanate from our politicians. Here's just a few, statewide and national, that affect my kids:
- my daughter can no longer get the full spectrum of medical care she may need in Texas if she gets pregnant. A bad pregnancy is much more likely to kill her now.
- she wouldn't want to raise kids and educate them in Texas anyway; by the time any kid she could have tomorrow ends up in school, public education in this state will be on its last legs, as is the openly stated intention of the Tim Dunn crowd. Glad your kids have already made it through our schools. The next generation won't have that luxury.
- she is in a same-sex relationship. She is demonstrably less safe in Texas than elsewhere. And if she ends up in a same-sex marriage, is likely not to have legal rights as a married person in Texas.
- she is applying to graduate schools. Entire programs are being terminated with little notice as our government revokes their funding (we have a friend who was accepted into a program, then got a letter terminating that because funding was removed). My son will be in this boat in a year or two as well.
- the academic freedom of schools to which she would apply in the US is being sharply curtailed more every day by the administration.
- one of the regime's chief advisors has equated all 65 million hispanics in the US (that's my family) as "illegals." And the Regime has openly stated that anyone they deem illegal is not entitled to any due process. So, the fact that my family's last name subjects us to the risk of being grabbed by a fed with a grudge, and we end up on a plane to El Salvador, is a risk that you don't have to worry about. Cool. We do.
- job prospects for new college grads have plummeted in just the past few months as the Regime has injected unprecedented economic uncertainty into the mix.
- we have decided to become a full-on oligarchy instead of a functioning democracy. In terms of long-term economic prospects and personal freedom, that never, ever bodes well.
- they cannot count on the protection of the rule of law if they engage in any activity or thought that the Regime doesn't like. At the very least, "you can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride."
Can keep going....for a long, long time. I will comment on how it always seems to be white men of economic means who say shit like "things haven't changed, what are you worried about? I'm doing fine?" Or "why get bent out of shape over some mean tweets?" It's a fuckload more than "mean tweets." If you are a member of ANY of the "out groups whom the law binds, but does not protect," this state and country are not good, and are getting worse at breakneck speed. And here's the punchline....in a fascist regime, EVERYONE eventually ends up in that class. Even the favored classes fall out of favor as an ethos that is built on constantly having enemies continues to search for new enemies.
No place on earth is perfect. This country is bad, and is getting much worse, at a rate of acceleration that surprises even me. Glad you don't have to worry about yourself. Those of us with disfavored last names and such don't have that luxury.