As a Floridian, DeSantis absolutely terrifies me. He is the competent, ideological fascist we all said was coming after Trump.
He’s calculated, smart, and absolutely evil. He’s incredible at threading the line between riling up the frothing at the mouth fascists while also appealing to the quiet suburban types that think Trump is uncouth, and he makes sure Capital knows as long as they don’t cross him theyll keep getting their cut.
Unlike Trump, he knows that to really cement support he needs to purge unelected government departments and make them listen only to him.
The Florida Department of Health is now a straight up ideological body directly subservient to DeSantis. They tweeted yesterday about how “mask mandates are about freedom and under DeSantis we know health has nothing to do with what you put on your face.” They’ve since removed the tweet. Most of their efforts these days seem to be putting out as much anti trans messaging as they can. The two top goals of the FDoH are “infect as many people with covid as possible” and “prepare for a trans genocide.”
DeSantis recently instated a “Victims of Communism Day” in November where schools will have to dedicate the day to teaching kids about the horrors of communist regimes and the benefits of capitalism. This is following laws prohibiting discussion of LGBT+ identities, or any accurate depiction of the history of race in the US. He also banned schools from requiring masks very early on, and required near exclusively in person teaching for grade schools and universities. He purged Florida Department of Education officials who would go against him a long time ago, so they have been in full support of all of this.
DeSantis is the man I’m most afraid is going to get me put in a camp or just summarily executed, and I don’t even fucking do anything besides post and be depressed in my apartment.
Thankfully my parents and I are on good terms and they’re in a location that I could easily get back on my feet even if I had to flee with just what I could fit in my bag, but I appreciate it comrade :rat-salute-2:
As a Floridian, DeSantis absolutely terrifies me. He is the competent, ideological fascist we all said was coming after Trump.
He’s calculated, smart, and absolutely evil. He’s incredible at threading the line between riling up the frothing at the mouth fascists while also appealing to the quiet suburban types that think Trump is uncouth, and he makes sure Capital knows as long as they don’t cross him theyll keep getting their cut.
Unlike Trump, he knows that to really cement support he needs to purge unelected government departments and make them listen only to him.
The Florida Department of Health is now a straight up ideological body directly subservient to DeSantis. They tweeted yesterday about how “mask mandates are about freedom and under DeSantis we know health has nothing to do with what you put on your face.” They’ve since removed the tweet. Most of their efforts these days seem to be putting out as much anti trans messaging as they can. The two top goals of the FDoH are “infect as many people with covid as possible” and “prepare for a trans genocide.”
DeSantis recently instated a “Victims of Communism Day” in November where schools will have to dedicate the day to teaching kids about the horrors of communist regimes and the benefits of capitalism. This is following laws prohibiting discussion of LGBT+ identities, or any accurate depiction of the history of race in the US. He also banned schools from requiring masks very early on, and required near exclusively in person teaching for grade schools and universities. He purged Florida Department of Education officials who would go against him a long time ago, so they have been in full support of all of this.
DeSantis is the man I’m most afraid is going to get me put in a camp or just summarily executed, and I don’t even fucking do anything besides post and be depressed in my apartment.
So naturally we'll just let him go unpunished forever, the same as every monster America produces.
If you ever need an out, I am probably just 3 Amtrak rides away and could harbor you.
Thankfully my parents and I are on good terms and they’re in a location that I could easily get back on my feet even if I had to flee with just what I could fit in my bag, but I appreciate it comrade :rat-salute-2: