Republicans fiddle while the sun sets and the devil laughs
The Democrats' quest for a one-party state is not that far off now.
Eric Utter | February 7, 2026 www.americanthinker.com
Contrary to what may be popular belief, I do not like to write about depressing topics. In fact, I detest doing so. I much prefer to chronicle uplifting things or to pen humor pieces. But the truth must be told. And it is the only thing that could set us free. These times demand truth.
Something is different today. Different than it’s ever been. Very different. We all sense it. Unease. Disbelief. Things are not the way they were prior to 2020. COVID broke something. Something that may be irretrievable. Our dignity. Our spirit. Our sense of togetherness. The Biden administration did the rest. Millions upon millions of illegal/undocumented aliens with no history of liberty or work-ethic flooded the country, straining its resources and cohesiveness. Many were criminals.
Politics dominates everything, every conversation. Most of us don’t like this, but we recoil from this at our own peril. Because Leftists poke, prod, and attack at every single opportunity. Like rabid wild animals, if they sense weakness, they go in for the kill. One may think that unfortunate or even repulsive, but that is the way of the world and always has been. If you are any to the right of what is now called center, you are a target.
When I was in junior high school, my family moved from an established suburb to a new one. Kids at my new school tested me, teased me and kicked books from out of my hands … just to see what I’d do. I had led a sheltered life to that point and didn’t know why they would do this. I didn’t properly respond at first. When I did, when I wheeled and punched and threw them to the floor, they suddenly stopped testing me. Some even tried to befriend me.
Animals eat other animals. Predators, almost without exception, prey on the diseased, weak, very young, elderly, and feeble. Those that fight back hard are much less likely to be eaten or even targeted. It is the same with nations. Sorry if that offends the snowflakes out there, but that is the way of the world, and no amount of talking, wishing, or compromising will change that reality. At all. Ever.
And yet, here we are, being pushed around by anti-American anarchists in the streets and Muslims in office. (Or in "Learing Centers.")
The new plan is for ICE agents to be gradually pulled out of Minneapolis and henceforth sent only to cities that ask them to come. The leftist violence in Minneapolis has completely deflected attention from the massive Somali fraud in and around that city. It appears obvious that no one — no one — will ever be held properly accountable.
Teachers, nurses, and Democrat politicians are calling for ICE agents and MAGA members to be assaulted, poisoned, shot, or allowed to bleed out. Our unprecedented prosperity made us soft, allowed us to wallow in suicidal empathy. We must toughen up if we have any chance at survival.
Virtually every demographic group in the nation is in favor of needing an ID to vote, yet Democrats are determined to prevent the SAVE America Act from passing -- so help them (whatever passes for their) god. And they are prepared to use whatever tactics will achieve their goals.
Moreover, Muslims are an ever-increasing percentage of the American populace … and are ever more frequently elected to high office.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently stated that Americans should look to Islam and the Prophet Mohamed for how best to guide our immigration policy. This just days after taking office.
The Islamization of the West as a whole is proceeding apace. Some are finally waking up to the fact that their countries are being stolen out from under their noses. But I tend to share Mark Steyn’s view that it is already too late for places like England … and that the West in general has 10-15 years at most to survive sans miracle. (Atheists, God-hating Marxists, pagans, Satan worshippers, and a significant percentage of Muslims are now aligned against Christianity and Judeo-Christian principles. Back to the Future, I guess.)
The Great Replacement Theory is real, always was, and is here now. Many, if not most, of our politicians would gladly trade current citizens for “newcomers” that will dependably vote for them in perpetuity, out of obligation.
So, where do we go from here? That is now the pertinent question. There can be no going back … and no reconciliation.
When half the citizens cherish the country, respect its past, and want to see to its rebirth — and the other half detests it and wants to see it destroyed and replaced with a Marxist/communist Utopia, we can no longer pretend it is possible to negotiate our differences, compromise and carry on.
When half of us are repulsed, shaken to our core by casual, unfettered abortion, the mutilation of children’s genitals, and the belief that men can become women and vice-versa — and the other half think these are good things, in fact “human rights,” there is no hope of reconciliation.
When half are rational and reason-based, and half don’t even believe in reality, there can be no reuniting. A house this divided should not stand.
So, what then? How best to meet the future? I don’t claim to have the big picture answer, but I do know what we cannot do. We cannot shy away, back down, wish the problem away, or hope that dialogue and compromise will somehow save the day. Telling the truth no matter what is mandatory.
The most heartbreaking thing in all of this is how it will affect our kids, very few of whom know enough to understand what is going to happen. I don't want to sadden them, but I believe I owe it to them to give them a heads-up on what is almost certainly coming. Even many, if not most, adults these days simply do not understand the correlation between policy and results and between their votes and the attendant outcomes.
I will have to tell my kids that, unless divine intervention occurs, in a few short years Democrat socialists will own all three branches of government, kill the filibuster, and the Electoral College, make D.C. and Puerto Rico into states, pack the Supreme Court, open the borders, and allow illegals to vote.
At that point, the U.S. will be a one-party state. Permanently. And at that point, there is no “democracy.” Soon after that, things will happen that always happen when leftists take over a formerly functional nation: living standards will plummet, goods and services will become scarcer and more expensive, and liberty and free will, like hope for a better future, will be a thing of the past.
