This is 1933 all over again. Except the US are now the Nazis.
Ever wonder what you would have done if you had lived in 1930's Germany as an intellectual. No need to wonder anymore. You are there.
So what WILL you do.
They are compiling names for God's sake. What does it take, people?
America Erwache!
Cid_Yama, I have a feeling it's not going to be that bad, even if it will be bad. That's just a hunch though, and I'm very anxious about it even though I'm Canadian.
There are a lot of parallels to 1930s Germany, but there are a lot of differences, including the fact that Americans have been relatively free and democratic for a long time, so while they might not have been ready for a radically norm-breaking fascist candidate to win, I expect them to push back fairly hard. That being said, I don't expect the Republicans to not take advantage of their current dominance to 'rig' the next elections, so the US might end up under 1 party rule for a long time.
(by rigging I mean more voter suppression, more gerry-mandering, more stacked courts which will decide in their favour or ignore their corruption, using the IRS to audit opponents, libel lawsuiting people into silence, etc.)
The Nazis consolidated their power by beating and murdering and terrorizing their opponents while the police and the courts turned blind eyes, and maybe I'm naive, but I just can't see that happening on the same scale in the US.
Yes, the Trump regime will be authoritarian, at the least, and yes, it'll be really bad for minorities and Muslims, but I expect Trump to be focused on using the presidency for making money for himself and his Russian investors. His administration will be incredibly corrupt, but I'm not sure if it's going to be overtly murderous. Then again, he has no problem with what Duterte is doing in the Phillipines, so there's a good likelihood it gets nasty.
Who knows, this whole thing keeps me pretty stressed and I haven't figured out if the worst case scenarios in my mind are overreactions or if the idea that it just can't get that bad is the human thing where you can't imagine people violating the norms you've lived with for your whole life, and maybe comes from the diet of tv and movies that mostly have happy endings.