Oh god, hexbear lives on; you think the US has been an authoritarian dictatorship like China since it declared independence.
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This makes me feel even worse, because there's no apparent third category.
Because occupations always go well for the occupiers?
Because younger people of late feel that being good is annoying but being evil is funny, and they are beginning to vote accordingly.
Because older people are scared about things they don't understand and are becoming increasingly selfish, convinced by people who claim simple solutions for complex issues.
They didn't have guns.
You don't have a Constitutional right to say the N word at your job, but you have a Constitutional right to ask your government questions.
They're not the same thing, as equally important as they are to you.
That's a form of surrender, yes.
The problem is your dooming inspires others to give up.
Disney Villain logic.
Opposite of the Halo Effect, ugly people catch a disproportionate amount of flak.
The society as described by Heinlein definitely ticks many of the boxes for fascism, much like platypuses tick many of the boxes for being a mammal.