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Authoritarian creep rarely announces itself; it moves in stages that feel like common sense until the rules change around us. We take a hard look at how scapegoats expand—from queer communities to immigrants to leftists—while real power consolidates behind corporate shields and obedient institutions. This isn’t a history lecture; it’s a map of how economic choices, media narratives, and policing tactics combine to normalize extraordinary powers that will not stop at the border.

We share the story behind the creative project that frames this season and use's music and Myth as an entry point to interrogate policy. From Reagan-era tax cuts to today’s corporate tax rates, we trace how shrinking obligations at the top shift the burden onto workers, weaken unions, and starve public goods. That scarcity primes people to accept propaganda, and media deregulation gave it a megaphone. When money becomes speech and corporations are treated as people, the loudest voices drown out evidence, making it easier to sell fear and harder to defend rights.

Then we follow the consequences on the ground: ICE raids, detention buildouts, and the chilling claim that protestors can be tagged as “domestic terrorists.” The 14th Amendment guarantees due process to persons, not only citizens; when agencies ignore that, they pave a path for broader suppression of dissent. We connect these dots to election-season power plays, warning signs of voter intimidation, and the historical pattern that teaches us that failed coups are followed by successful coup's. The core message is sober but not fatalistic: solidarity works. Rebuild labor power, demand media standards, tax wealth fairly, and defend civil liberties for everyone.

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