Alan S. Austin
Arizona Playwright • Writer • Poet
  

Remember This Moment (2/01)

The End of America as it was. Remember this moment. 2/1/25. What it felt like. What it meant. In a week Donald Trump and his henchmen are destroying everything that America was. You know. The inclusive, immigrant welcoming, hard working, open country, bound by the rule of law, where there was room for everyone, where the rest of the world wanted to emigrate to because it was "free." Forgettaboutit! Welcome to the New America, intolerant, vicious, intolerant, aggressive, ruled by those who control the internet, ruled by the rich, where territorial aggression and disrespect and financial acquisition are the only virtues. Here they enjoy your discomfort and pain. Insults and disparagement and lies have replaced human respect and truth. Now we put down and punish the weak, the aged, the poor, the foreign, the sick and elevate those who sing the government song. The Constitution? What a joke. Get yourself a $500,000 Indonesian vacation on a private jet and a superyacht. Americans love this. You'll never get the old America back. America as it was is over. Now it's the New America, internet controlled where only money matters and everyone else can go to hell.