The state of America today is a spectacle of chaos, a nation that once prided itself on its democratic institutions now lurching, with eyes wide open, towards an era of unabashed autocracy. A nation that was once the lodestar of democracy, where liberty was woven into the very fabric of its identity, now finds itself in the grip of a regime that revels in cruelty, that thrives on division, and that has been willingly returned to power by an electorate swayed not by reason, nor by decency, but by the shrill siren call of a demagogue who understands, above all else, how to wield fear.
And yet, this is not a dictatorship imposed from above; it is a tyranny embraced by choice. We knew that men, particularly younger men, found themselves drawn irresistibly to the swagger of Trump and his movement—a cult masquerading as a political party, where belligerence is mistaken for strength and ignorance for conviction. But it was women, with their superior electoral numbers, who could have halted this march into darkness. They had the power to stop it. They did not.
Not even Taylor Swift, with her vast cultural influence, could turn the tide. Kamala Harris secured fewer female votes than Biden did in 2020. A staggering 52% of the female vote went to Trump. Fifty-two percent. A majority of women in America chose to place their trust in a man found liable for sexual assault. A man who fosters an environment where reproductive rights are not merely restricted but obliterated. A man whose policies have led to the unthinkable reality of children carrying the offspring of their rapists, where the law offers them no escape and no mercy. And who suffers most in this new America? As ever, those without the money or the connections to buy themselves out of trouble. It is no accident that nine out of ten black women voted for Harris. They have seen what is coming.
Consider the harrowing case of a woman in Texas who suffered a fatal miscarriage because doctors, shackled by draconian laws, feared legal repercussions if they intervened. She lay in agony, dying of sepsis while medical professionals stood by, their hands tied by a regime that prioritises ideology over human life. This is the America Trump has built. This is the America that has been chosen.
Women in America are no longer sovereign over their own bodies. They are subjects in a system that dictates their autonomy, their rights, and their futures. Margaret Atwood warned us in *The Handmaid's Tale*: ‘We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print.’ But there are no blank spaces anymore. The story is being written in real time, in full view, and still the world watches in disbelief as fiction morphs into reality.
It is astonishing—almost laughably so—that in the 21st century, as technology propels civilisation to new heights, vast swathes of women in America are encouraged to vote as their husbands dictate. In deeply conservative enclaves, women have been told in no uncertain terms that their political will must be an extension of their spouse’s. In 2022, a Pew Research study found that evangelical pastors across America were advising congregations that a woman’s ‘duty’ was to align with her husband’s decisions, even at the ballot box. This is not some fringe belief. This is the creeping hand of religious nationalism, wrapping itself ever tighter around the throat of American democracy. The backlash from men, fearful of losing their long-held dominance, is relentless and well-organised.
And then there is the question of so-called ‘meritocracy.’ The administration decries diversity initiatives while staffing its highest offices with unqualified sycophants. They rail against ‘quotas’ but appoint their cronies with a shamelessness that would make any banana republic blush. The result? A government run by the unqualified and the incompetent, making decisions that will shape the lives of millions with no regard for expertise, only for loyalty. Trump, a man who is fundamentally not a politician, is running a state like a failing casino, and it is the people who will pay the price.
Already the cracks are showing. Not even a fortnight into his second term, and the catastrophe is well underway. Two aviation disasters occur within hours of each other, and the administration scrambles to pin the blame on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies—never mind that vast numbers of experienced aviation professionals resigned in protest, while senior officials in charge of air safety were fired within days of the inauguration. Chaos breeds chaos.
And yet, for all the cruelty, for all the calamity, there remains a base of supporters who believe. Not in policy, nor in governance, but in the spectacle. In the theatre of power. They are desperate to believe in something, and so they have chosen him.
Social media has paved the way for this bleak descent. Traditional media, the so-called ‘legacy press,’ has been cast aside, dismissed as corrupt, its role usurped by the echo chambers of the internet. Russian and Chinese actors flood the networks with a litany of carefully crafted falsehoods, manipulating the narrative with devastating efficiency. Misinformation thrives, and the line between reality and fabrication blurs beyond recognition. Tommy Robinson, the British far-right agitator, has summed up this new paradigm succinctly: ‘We are the media.’
And so the world asks: why do Trump’s supporters seem blind to the consequences of his policies, not just for America, but for the rest of the world? The answer is simple. Many Americans do not look beyond their own borders. For some, their world is not just America but their own state, their own county. Many have never left their own town, let alone their country. How, then, can they be expected to care for something they do not see? The result is a populace that is easily swayed into seeing international cooperation—the WHO, the UN, the Paris Climate Accord—not as essential alliances, but as nefarious foreign interference.
But looming behind all of this is the shadow of Silicon Valley, a new breed of oligarchy shaping the political landscape. And interwoven within this is Project 2025, the ideological blueprint for a totalitarian state under Trump, designed to dismantle democratic institutions and consolidate power within an unaccountable executive branch. Crafted by the Heritage Foundation, this doctrine lays out in explicit terms how civil service roles will be purged of dissenters, how law enforcement will be weaponised to suppress opposition, and how America’s legal framework will be rewritten to ensure a single-party rule under the guise of 'patriotic governance'. The Heritage Foundation is not working alone. It has been quietly collaborating with Viktor Orbán’s Budapest-based Danube Institute, a think tank funded by Orbán’s government, which has served as a bridge between American right-wing extremism and the broader European far-right. This partnership signals a troubling alignment, wherein American and Hungarian autocrats trade ideas on eroding democratic norms, suppressing dissent, and entrenching nationalist rule. Moscow watches approvingly, as these networks serve to destabilise Western alliances, weaken the European Union, and push the world ever closer to a geopolitical fracture from which it may not recover. Putin’s interest in this ideological convergence is not incidental; it is strategic. A weakened America, divided against itself, unable to project global stability, serves Russia’s long-term goals. The Kremlin has spent decades perfecting the art of information warfare, leveraging social media disinformation campaigns, funding far-right movements, and infiltrating think tanks to nudge America and its allies toward disarray. The chaos unfolding in Washington is not merely an internal crisis; it is the culmination of years of Russian geopolitical manoeuvring, executed with precision, designed to render the West unable to respond effectively to growing autocratic power blocs. And interwoven within this is Project 2025, the ideological blueprint for a totalitarian state under Trump, designed to dismantle democratic institutions and consolidate power within an unaccountable executive branch. Crafted by the Heritage Foundation, this doctrine lays out in explicit terms how civil service roles will be purged of dissenters, how law enforcement will be weaponised to suppress opposition, and how America’s legal framework will be rewritten to ensure a single-party rule under the guise of 'patriotic governance'. Techno-utopian transhumanism and longtermist ideologies are quietly feeding into the Trump project. This is not just about authoritarianism; this is about the creation of a society where human limitations—biological, intellectual, even mortality itself—are eradicated for a select few, while the rest are left behind. Techno-utopian transhumanism envisions a world where artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and human augmentation allow a hyper-elite to transcend traditional governance structures, with democracy seen as a hindrance rather than a necessity. Longtermist ideology further compounds this by justifying extreme power consolidation under the guise of safeguarding humanity’s distant future. Figures like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and David Sacks are not merely observing—they are investing in a future where AI-driven governance replaces democratic accountability, where radical bio-enhancements create a new caste system, and where billionaires dictate the direction of human evolution, ensuring that survival and prosperity are privileges reserved only for those with the resources to buy into this dystopian vision.
And if this all sounds like the plot of a dystopian Bond film, well—one almost expects Daniel Craig to burst in at any moment, tuxedo slightly rumpled, delivering a well-timed quip before dismantling the grand conspiracy. Unfortunately, there is no MI6 gadgetry or martini-fuelled heroism to rescue us this time. The villains are real, and they are winning—for now.
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