After the 2000 election it was obvious that Republicans played by different rules than Democrats.
After 911 this country lost its fucking mind. Like millions and millions and millions of people just became fucking psychopaths. All of a sudden everybody was willing to split hairs on torture, child murder, forced starvation, warrantless wiretapping, indefinite detention, extraordinary rendition, double tap drone strikes The list goes on.
We became completely fucking insane. It was obvious at that point this is where we were headed. That was when I realized I needed to register as a Republican. Democrats don't care about my primary votes if they even hold one but in my youthfully naive hope I entertained the idea that you could democratically affect anything.
Aside from the extra good feels of getting to vote against Donald Trump multiple times, The only real benefit is that I get visits from local Republican party officials and they think I'm one of them.
I always put on my home accent and complain about liberals but I don't think they understand that they are just liberals of the God bothering type to me and I seek to dismantle them from root to stem. ... ... But please tell me about this canvassing operation you have in my town... What kind of cars are they driving? Just curious
If the population starts demanding more they will make it harder for you to make demands.
You might see things like social media sites that were open and free being purchased by billionaires and transformed into unrecognizable sewers.
You might see things like protests violently suppressed by massive police presences that fire on crowds that are both unarmed and non-violent.
You might see things like insane brazenly partisan gerrymandering and voter purges.
You might see things like people being arrested and disappeared for the reviews that run contrary to the regime.
If you see any of these things, you might be in trouble because it doesn't matter how many of you demand UBI or food or shelter, bullets are cheaper and they've already shown that they're willing to use them.