The experience of eastern Ukrainians, now Russians, after the Nuland Nazi takeover of Kiev, was somewhat similar: Feds driving tanks through their streets, calling anyone with "wrong views" (e.g. anti neo Nazi) a terrorist. Like the people of Minneapolis.
I still think Oliver Stone’s movie was pretty on target, or at least more informative than anything coming out of NATO. It never worked to disguise the Nuland Nazis for who they were. I tend to avoid discussing Project Ukraine with people who haven’t seen it. Why should I? Life is short.
Imitating Wikipedia regarding the Donbas (“Russian occupied”), I’d say the American Donbas (e.g. Cascadia) is still occupied by the Feds, but its control is loosening. We know the Feds to be a Beltway Mafia of literally soulless corporations, a giant bot, like the Borg. “Resistance is futile” says Stephen Miller, Hegseth and other sycophantic pretenders to the throne.
So far I see little need to resist, as the prophecies seem to be self-fulfilling (the Feds are too bungling to keep a grip — politicians aren’t generally in the top half of the Bell Curve if you know what I mean (I’m being mean)). But I get why people wanna vent.
I think back to that anthropologist dude at Reed College, warning us that all this export of violence against Afghanis would eventually be coming home. He was right. They’re back.
