"how could it get that bad?"

People often ask of totalitarian regimes

It gets this bad because it happens in small increments that you tolerate until one day it collapses. The condensed writings of history make it seem shocking, but it happened slowly https://t.co/KZSfRvJ10P

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) August 2, 2023

^ I can further affirm that @GonzaloLira1968
was stopped on the Ukrainian side of the border from crossing and has since disappeared, now for more than 24 hours. That is the last that anyone has heard from him.

— Mark Sleboda (@MarkSleboda1) August 2, 2023