In America's Shadow

Look, the whole world's been told to point the finger at some guy in a country you can't even find on a map, but we've all known for a while now where the real rot is coming from. The so-called shining city on a hill? They're the ones who wrote the book on how to dismantle a democracy, and they've been shipping it out to the rest of us for decades. It's not just a few bad apples; it's the whole damn orchard. 

The U.S. has been selling us a bill of goods, a fake dream of freedom while they were busy propping up every strongman and thug who would serve their interests. And we're supposed to be surprised when their own system starts to look like a funhouse mirror of the regimes they’ve helped create? They're not just a bad example; they're the original sin. You can talk about Hungary or Turkey all you want, but the reality is, the grand show of authoritarianism is playing out just south of the border, and we're all watching from the front row. And if you think we're not affected by it, you're not paying attention. We're getting the blowback from their broken system, their toxic politics, and their self-serving foreign policy. Don't look to the other side of the Atlantic; the problem is right next door.