I am aware I’m talking treason and I take no joy in it. Fascism calls us to consider terrible choices. Please, let it never get to that point 😞 [pictured: picking olives in my home region, 2017]

It makes me nauseous I even have to think about this. I don’t know if I could literally fight; I would be more useful and more comfortable as a translator, mechanic, medic, etc. But it’s clear that if I joined up at all, should the Trumpists wage a war of expansion, it would not be for the US.

This is one of the main reasons that while I’m not one to say both parties are the same, I cannot abide to call myself a Democrat.

It’s giving “I’m not sorry we did it, I’m sorry we got caught”. It’s giving Putin and his “it’s not war, it’s a Special Military Operation”. This deadly hypocrisy and lack of democratic oversight in warfare is not new, and we have both Republicans and Democrats going back decades to thank for it.

Americans used to take it seriously that the White House needed congressional approval for acts of war. Now Congress itself won’t even mention that, no: it’s all about flag-waving “support the troops” rhetoric and protecting US (subtext: global capitalist) interests.

with a dash of “it’s so offensive to Europe”. To me it’s much deeper. It’s the fact these insane fascists (frankly a greater threat to humanity than some scrappy guerrillas playing pirate), who command the world’s most powerful military, want to plan acts of war outside proper, accountable channels.