It's 2025 — And the People Can See You Now

By Vincent Cordova 7-12-2025

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In a time when humanity has access to more tools, knowledge, and resources than ever before, it is both shocking and heartbreaking that those in power still choose control over compassion. The recent resurfacing of anti-immigrant policies — some disturbingly modeled after operations like Operation Wetback — is a glaring sign that we are not dealing with outdated ideas by accident. We are dealing with a conscious decision by individuals and institutions to replicate harm. Figures like Stephen Miller, who architected some of the most inhumane policies in modern history, now double down with even more detached rhetoric — portraying judges, NGOs, and immigrants as threats to “order” simply for standing up for basic human rights.

But here’s the truth: this is no longer about money . It hasn’t been for a long time. Once wealth reaches a certain level — where yachts, real estate, and offshored bank accounts are routine — the goal shifts. Control becomes the new currency. And in 2025, we’re seeing that play out in real time. The obsession now is not with profit, but with power over people’s minds, bodies, and futures. It’s about who gets to stay, who gets to speak, and who gets to survive without surveillance or suppression. And those in power are so disconnected, they believe this kind of control will still work.

They are wrong.

They want to preserve a version of America that only works for them — one built on selective history, exclusionary borders, and manufactured fear. When they talk about “preserving America,” what they’re really saying is they want to preserve the status quo that keeps them in control . A system where marginalized people are kept poor, displaced, and blamed. A system where immigrant labor is used but never welcomed, where Black and Brown communities are over-policed and under-protected, and where the government itself treats poverty as a crime rather than a failure of policy. That’s not patriotism — it’s pathology.

Let’s be honest: to cling to this level of cruelty in the face of suffering requires something beyond political conviction. It requires a total disconnection from humanity . It requires you to believe that raids on homes and churches, the deportation of children, or locking people in cages is somehow "justice." That’s not conservatism — that’s psychopathy dressed in a suit and tie . These are people who don’t just lack empathy — they appear to despise it. They see compassion as weakness. They see diversity as dilution. They see the public not as a population to serve, but as a problem to manage.

The frightening part is how strategic it all is. It’s not just systemic — it’s intentional . They create or ignore crises, then exploit them. They stir fear, then offer themselves as the answer. They enforce poverty, then blame the poor. They push people into homelessness or desperation, then criminalize them for being visible reminders of a broken system. That’s not governance. That’s extraction — of dignity, labor, and life. They treat the public like fuel for their machine, not human beings with stories, dreams, and rights.

And while they continue to double down on outdated tools — law enforcement crackdowns, legal intimidation, media smears — they fail to realize: we are not in 1955 anymore. This is 2025. And the people can see them now. Technology has changed the game. The internet exposes the truth faster than they can cover it up. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, and encrypted messaging have created a global network of witnesses . You can’t erase truth with PR anymore. People see the chains behind the policies. They feel the tension in the air. And they are not blind to what’s coming — because it’s already here.

So what are we really preserving? If preservation requires deporting children, separating families, limiting opportunity, and silencing dissent — then we should not preserve it at all . What we need is not preservation, but transformation . We need to build a society where humanity comes first, where no one is expendable, and where compassion is not optional — it is policy. And that begins by naming what’s wrong: a federal government captured by fear-mongering strategists who would rather destroy the public’s spirit than share power.

But here’s what gives me hope — and what should give you hope too:

- You can’t control an educated population.

- You can’t silence a connected generation.

- You can’t rule by fear when people have chosen love.

- You can’t erase visibility when communities are organized and awake.

People across this nation — across race, class, immigration status, and belief systems — are waking up. They are asking the same questions: Why is suffering profitable? Why is cruelty legal? Why does our system value control over care? These questions are not dangerous. They are necessary . And they are long overdue.

It is 2025, and the people can see you now.

We are not asking for permission to be human.

We are demanding a future where humanity is the standard.

Vincent Cordova

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