The Tragedy of America

“Politics is the art of controlling your environment.” The Democrats, it seems, have lost their grip.

The heartbreak of watching a democracy crumble isn’t just about the man in the gold-plated penthouse. It’s about the party that kept bringing a handshake to a knife fight.

Trump reframed America — and the world — around his own grievances, insecurities, and obsessions.

Democracies rot from within — not in sudden coups, but in the slow, suffocating erosions of truth, accountability, and shared reality.

It’s the kind of line we keep dusting off like an old family heirloom — a little tarnished, but comforting. I used to believe it too.

What begins as a cash offer for “self-deportation” echoes the earliest strategies of authoritarian regimes.