We Have No Kings

Not now. Not ever.

We are bound by a single audacious idea:
that ordinary people—farmers, teachers, writers, dreamers—can come together and govern themselves.

We are not subjects. We are citizens.
We have no fucking kings.

Our institutions were not designed to enthrone men like Trump, Vance, Thiel, and Musk.
They were designed to contain them.
That was the point. That was the brilliance.
Not to worship power, but to chain it to law.

The Constitution is not a suggestion.
The Bill of Rights is not negotiable.
Judicial review is not insurrection.
Due process is not weakness.
The Fourth Amendment does not pause for political convenience.

These are not technicalities to be optimized away by people who think themselves too smart for constraints.
They are the foundations that make self-governance possible.
They are what we defend—or lose everything.

When Stephen Miller calls judicial review “legal insurrection,” he reveals himself.
When Trump pardons insurrectionists and calls them patriots, he reveals himself.
When Peter Thiel declares freedom and democracy incompatible, he reveals himself.
When Elon Musk guts federal agencies while posting American flags, he reveals himself.

They want subjects.
We are citizens.

They want to rule.
We govern ourselves.

They believe their intelligence entitles them to power unchecked by those they deem inferior.
We believe all people—all of us—possess equal standing to determine our own fate.

This is not partisan.
This is foundational.

The question before us is not left versus right.
The question is whether we remain a republic where power answers to law,
or become an oligarchy where law answers to power.

The center holds not through moderation, but through fierce defense of what makes democracy possible:
the rule of law,
the separation of powers,
the principle that no one—no one—is above the Constitution.

Two plus two equals four.
There are twenty-four hours in a day.
We have no fucking kings.

And if men who would be kings forget this,
it is our job—our sacred duty as citizens—to remind them.

The institutions were designed to contain them.
Let us use them as they were intended.

Keep the faith. Keep the Republic. And may love carry us home.