They Say It Is 1933?

 

They say it is 1933.

If they believed what they have said, then …

 

[i] Have they bought a condominium, bungalow, or timeshare abroad?;

[ii] Have they moved SOME of their assets into non-U.S.-based financial instruments?;

[iii] Have they moved SOME of their assets abroad?;

[iv] Have they purchased any foreign currency (e.g., Swiss Francs, Euros, Canadian Dollars) for use in the coming emergency?;

[v] Have they prepared an easy to hide, store, and carry cache of travel and other important personal and family documents (e.g., passports, birth and marriage certificates, diplomas, evidence of bar and other professional memberships, a current vita, and vaccination and other medical records)?;

[vi] Have they physically moved abroad, permanently or temporarily (until the U.S. situation is clarified)?;

[vii] Have they maintained and sought to develop family and other personal, religious and charitable, and professional contacts abroad that could be helpful in an emergency?; 

[viii] Have they, at the very least, explored becoming dual citizens?;

[ix] Have they, at the very least, explored where they can visit and/or settle abroad, with what identification and travel documents, and, most importantly, how quickly they can escape the U.S. authorities (i.e., by air, sea, train, bus, or automobile)?; 

[x] And, importantly, have they, at the very least, explored where abroad they, and other family members, have a right to work or could obtain a work permit in short order?;

[xi] And—just one more—have they bought a gun, and started taking shooting lessons? 

If the answer to each and every question above is “no,” then they do not believe it is 1933. It is just all talk for political effect and costless virtue signaling for a particularly receptive audience. And the political effect and size of that receptive audience is declining. Likewise, if they continue to discuss the lawfulness or morality (in the sense of political obligation) of a U.S. military coup to stop their political opponents (i.e, Trump) ... and if they hold these discussions in public, e.g., on a listserv that is publicly accessible, then they do not believe it is 1933, and they do not believe that they are living in a fascist dictatorship.

PS: If they hold U.S. citizenship and they also already hold citizenship in a foreign country (that is, other than the U.S.), have they explored to whom by marriage, birth, or otherwise they can legally share or transmit that foreign citizenship to—or otherwise share the benefits and protections of such foreign citizenship? If the answer, is “no, they have not explored . . . ,” then . . . .

PPS: Have they made any efforts and encouraged family and friends to make some substantial efforts to learn a widely-spoken foreign language? If the answer, is “no, they have made no such efforts . . . ,” then . . . . 

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘They Say It Is 1933?,’ New Reform Club (Jan. 20, 2025, 3:36 AM), <https://tinyurl.com/zv5c2vcd>;