“The line we once trusted to protect our rights isn’t a line anymore.”
It’s a switch. And someone gets to flip it.
When Debs was arrested, they said it was because the mail must go through.
Now the mail is propaganda. The protests are called threats. And the targets are wearing suits.
What’s left is permission. To act. To ignore. To silence.
“This isn’t how democracy dies,” said one state representative. “This is how it’s killed—one silence at a time.”