The National Guard is moving into cities which used to be invaded by foreign tourists.

Tourism is way down and a U.S. military presence is escalating at mach speed in our very own country, marching towards authoritarianism.

This just in…800 military troops are being deployed to the nation’s capital blamed on erroneous statistics as crime in the city is at an all-time low.

Can you spell Deflection?!

When a government deploys the National Guard in its own capital, it’s supposed to be a rare, measured response to an extraordinary situation such as a natural disaster, true emergency or genuine threat to public safety.

It is not meant to be a backdrop for political theater.

Here is the thing…when soldiers stand watch over civic spaces, the image says as much as the action. It tells the world that our fascist, corrupt president believes that he needs force, not trust, to govern.

If it looks like a wannabe dictatorship, smells like a wannabe dictatorship well, maybe we should be asking ourselves why it is starting to resemble one.

History is heavy with examples of leaders who normalized the military’s presence in public life until people forgot there was ever a time without it.

Each time, the excuse sounded urgent, reasonable, even patriotic. But over time, the line between temporary measure and permanent reality blurred.

The measure of a healthy democracy isn’t just how it behaves in crisis. It is how quickly it returns to the norms of openness, civilian authority and trust.

Soldiers on street corners might calm a moment, but they can also signal something deeper that fear has become policy.

Democracies don’t just die overnight. Sometimes, they tiptoe toward authoritarianism under the cover of safety.

Sometimes, those boots on the ground are the first footsteps that, sadly, lead down that one way dictatorial road.