(October 19, 2018 at 10:48 am)Brian37 Wrote: Not yet, no. But if more politicians take on his tactic of vilification it can get that way. I am tired of people assuming our system cant fall. It wont as long as we care to keep our voices up to prevent that from happening. Our government institutions do not protect themselves, participation is on our part is what creates that assurance.Who tf thinks China or North Korea is liberal?!
Atlass isn't the only one I worry about. I have a friend online who lives in Pakistan, he is a former Muslim and an atheist. I also worry about his state or a mob there harming him.
Our right wingers here do not know what a deeply right wing state looks like. Saudi Arabia is one of those religiously conservative states.
It is a myth that China or North Korea are liberal states. "Liberal" does not mean communism. "Liberal" does not mean theocracy. "Liberal" means open, plural, not monochromatic.
If we as a western open society cease to protect reporters, then nobody of any party is safe.
And yes, liberal systems have fallen in the past. I do not think that'll happen in a country as globally important as the United States, but that's just my own (admittedly undereducated) opinion.
I have a few friends online who live in Pakistan too. I think on the whole they have it much better than people from SA, N Korea, China etc though. (And I'm viciously against the Pakistani 'government', so I'm not saying this due to any bias.)
The word bed actually looks like a bed.
