This Ain’t Our First Rodeo

Authoritarians love to present their cruelty as bold and new. But it’s not. We’ve seen these actions before under different flags and shouting different slogans. The costumes change, but the strategies stay the same: scapegoat the vulnerable, hoard power, rewrite truth, and call it justice.

This Ain’t Our First Rodeo connects the dots. Each post pairs a current event with its historical echo, not to say “it’s all the same,” but to reveal how power operates and how people have resisted it before. These stories serve as both warnings and roadmaps. They remind us that today’s outrages are part of a long, well-worn pattern that others have stood up and resisted.