Every day, political commentators, mainstream media, and social media influencers loudly expose the laws Donald Trump flagrantly violates and the utter contempt his movement shows for the already fragile U.S. Constitution. We hear it daily: another breach, another norm shattered, another dangerous precedent set. Yet despite this avalanche of evidence, no individual, no institution, not even Congress (the very body tasked with upholding democratic checks and balances) has taken meaningful action to stop him. Trump moves like a man with carte blanche, emboldened by a system paralyzed by fear, complicity, and cowardice. He once joked about becoming a dictator, and disturbingly, that’s the only promise he’s kept.
At this point, pointing out Trump’s lawlessness is no longer revelatory... it’s redundant. The real question is not what is happening, but why no one will act. Why are the mechanisms of justice silent? Why are institutions bending instead of resisting? The outrage has become performative, reduced to hashtags and empty panel discussions while democracy corrodes in plain view. Accountability has been replaced with analysis. And those with power, including many who once championed moral clarity, now cower behind process and procedure as the nation slips deeper into authoritarian quicksand.
It wasn’t always like this. Progress was never handed down from above... it was demanded, fought for, and earned by young people who took to the streets, by college students who faced down water hoses and police dogs, by activists who gave their lives so future generations could breathe freer air. That spirit of sacrifice laid the groundwork for every right and freedom we enjoy today. But tragically, many among today’s millennials and Gen Z (particularly within the African American community) have become consumed by an era of selfies, status updates, and performative outrage. A generation that should be the most informed and connected in history is too often distracted by the mirror, reluctant to look ahead or behind, unwilling to acknowledge the gathering storm their children and grandchildren will inherit.
The painful truth is that we no longer see the towering moral courage of a Martin Luther King Jr., the radical conviction of a Malcolm X, the unflinching resolve of a Mandela, or the unapologetic voice of a Shirley Chisholm or Fannie Lou Hamer. And certainly, no one today dares to emulate the sheer defiance and sacrificial love of a Harriet Tubman. We are a people rich in legacy but bankrupt in leadership. The baton has been dropped, and the silence is deafening.
What we face now is not simply a political crisis... it’s a generational betrayal. It is the abandonment of duty, the surrender of responsibility, and the slow-motion suicide of a people who once turned pain into power. Until we rediscover that spirit... until we stop mistaking influence for impact and comfort for freedom... nothing will change. And history will not absolve us. It will indict us for knowing the danger, seeing the storm, and choosing to look the other way.
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