Let’s kill the illusion:
The modern Republican Party and American Right have never truly believed in freedom.
What they believe in is control — control over who gets to live freely, and who doesn’t. They scream about “freedom” while: Controlling women’s bodies Banning books Censoring teachers Outlawing drag shows and gender expression Letting cops act as an occupying force Building a surveillance state in the name of “law and order” Flooding corporate America with subsidies and tax cuts while calling food stamps “socialism” That’s not liberty. That’s authoritarianism in red, white, and blue. They talk about “small government,” but they: Expand military budgets endlessly Use the state to impose religious morality Dictate what history can and can’t be taught Ban medical care for trans people Criminalize abortion even in cases of rape The truth is, they don’t hate government. They just hate a government that helps people they don’t like. The Right’s version of “freedom” is freedom for me, not for thee: Corporations can pollute the planet, but you can’t decide what happens in your uterus. Billionaires can dodge taxes, but you can’t read The Bluest Eye in school. Cops can beat you down in the street, but God forbid a drag queen reads a story to kids. This isn’t about liberty. It’s about preserving a hierarchy where power stays with: Rich white Christian men Corporations The status quo You know what's hilarious? The same people who’ve spent years whining about “cancel culture” —
crying about how the Left is “silencing them” —
are now openly fantasizing about jailing their political enemies, banning books, controlling classrooms, and shoving right-wing ideology down the throat of every institution in America. Trump and MAGA aren’t even trying to hide it anymore: He’s been talking about mass deportations Using the military on American soil via the Insurrection Act Purging the government of “disloyal” bureaucrats Investigating media outlets that “disrespect” him And empowering states to crush dissent and minority rights This isn’t “anti-woke.”
This isn’t “free speech.”
This is authoritarianism with a cheap reality TV veneer. Let’s be real: the Right has never been against cancel culture.
They’ve just always wanted their own version — where they’re the ones doing the canceling. And now that they are in power again?
They’re not canceling college professors or comedians —
they’re canceling entire groups of people: Women who want control over their bodies Teachers who teach real history LGBTQ+ people who dare to exist publicly Scientists, journalists, civil servants — anyone who won’t kneel to MAGA orthodoxy Trump’s movement is no longer “conservative” in any traditional sense.
It’s a cult of raw power, driven by fear, resentment, and fantasy grievances.
And the louder they scream “free speech,” the more aggressively they work to criminalize dissent and purge nonconformity. How about Elon Musk? He claimed he was going to “restore free speech” to the platform. Instead, he: Boosted far-right conspiracy theorists Reinstated white nationalists and fascist accounts Suspended journalists who criticized him Censored content in foreign countries to please authoritarian regimes Amplified his own tweets with an algorithm rigged in his favor Mass fired moderation teams while the platform flooded with hate speech That’s not free speech. That’s a vanity project for a billionaire with a messiah complex who thinks his wealth makes him the arbiter of truth. This is what fascism actually looks like in the 21st century:
Not blackshirts or goose-steps —
But a narcissistic billionaire demagogue,
a base hopped up on culture war delusions,
and an army of keyboard warriors screaming about “wokeness” while cheering for real oppression. So the next time someone from the Right cries about cancel culture, ask them this: "If you really cared about freedom, why are you so obsessed with punishing everyone who disagrees with you?" The answer, of course, is that they don’t want freedom.
They want dominance — and a country where everyone who doesn’t think, look, or believe like them is silenced. It’s never been about “freedom” vs “big government.” It’s about who gets crushed, and who gets to keep their boot on everyone else’s neck.