Protestors Storm Capital

[Brian37]

There's no doubt about this.  I've been getting more concerned about the direction of politics during the last decade and I was convinced the US is on a trajectory to eventual dissolution.  Before the election, I though maybe we had another 25 years or more, but now, after the last 2 months and the insurrection, it looks like any election cycle could be the last our country ever sees.  We are dangerously close to the time of dictators.  I would say the GOP needs to purge itself of this rot and set its members straight, but it's been taken over sort of like the agents in The Matrix.  The GOP is now the party of white supremacy.  Trump was a buffoonish version of Mussolini; the next will be far more dangerous.  Unless something happens soon, I don't believe we have even ten more years left as a 50 United States.  And I have no idea what might change our current path.

This is not unprecedented.  Rome's republic failed under similar strains and circumstances.  A popular figure appears who claims he will solve all our problems and blames them on "those" people over there.  Hitler took full advantage of these same fault lines in Germany.  It sounds almost surreal to say these things but I believe they are for real.  I've watched those videos of the insurrection at the Capitol several times.  A lot of those people may go to jail, but there are millions of them!  I'm going to have to work with a lot of them and I don't know how I'm going to stand it.

I don't think the country is going to dissolve that easy.  We have problems, sure, but once Rupert Murdoch and Charles Koch realize that the foaming at the mouth lunatics they've encouraged are threatening the country that made them rich, they'll suddenly have a financial interest in reigning them in.  Rule number one in modern America: if you want to get something done, get someone rich on your side.  If/when the rich people want to stop the lunatics, they'll be able to do it..... for better or worse.

We may be dealing with domestic terrorism for some time. But I agree. I said it before, our military heads have said they would not take part in overthrowing election results, so they certainly will not participate in a Military coup.

And you said it. Unfortunately money does equal power, and you are going to need those at the top to do the things Mark and Jake and other social media ceos are finally doing. I don't even care if it is merely about them fearing legal action, as long as it shuts that despot wannabe up.