Census projections show whites will be a minority.  Status‑loss fuels anti‑democratic sentiment and immigration hardliners, raising the question: what happens when a majority feels itself becoming a minority?

The note recalls Marx’s observation that “Communist” began as a smear and concludes that when labels like “woke” or “fascist” silence debate, the answer is to publish openly.

Invoking Steinbeck’s “monsters born to human parents,” the essay laments leaders who starve and bomb children in Gaza, Iran and Ukraine while spending on war and neglecting food and medicine.

Referencing Weyl, the essay rejects myths of a bygone golden age, saying Trump’s MAGA exploits nostalgia and scapegoating and lets people ignore past injustices and avoid thinking about building future.