Same Q though yours much shorter & more eloquent
What ever happened to those who took the Oath to protect & defend from All Enemies Foreign or Domestic?
NVR been a better time than Now
Maybe once it becomes clear Trump can’t deliver on basically any major campaign promise, and in fact worsens inflation, maybe his appeal will crater. At the end of the day it’s far easier to be an outsider just shitting on everyone than actually having to do things and solve problems.
Will it become clear soon enough? If history is any guide, Trump and his people will lie about all of it and cast blame everywhere else but where it belongs while they attempt to dismantle all remaining checks and balances.
Start working on grassroots level, electing responsible leaders to states. Who hopefully will change laws and reverses gerrymandering to correct ones. Then you can change federal level checks and balances to felon-proof. Dignity is not working anymore. Strength to you all!
My fear is that young people have been subverted by right wing propaganda. Trump and his team of anti democratic goons seem to have a knack for exploiting and weaponizing social media (podcasts, memes, etc.). The left needs to adapt and they need to do it fast.
The part about norms he did not mention is what will Republican leaders do in the Senate. If they don't go along, trump will have to overthrow the government. Weird as he will be president.
Very true and the glimmer of remaining hope I have is that at the end of the day the Senate will not willfully cede the immense power granted to it by the constitution. Once this election honeymoon phase ends *maybe* they will check this maniac. At least enough to keep us a functioning democracy.
Have you read ”The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”
Book by Edward Gibbon? I read it 30 or so years ago. When the Roman Senate ceded all power to Ceasar, conditions seem very similar to our what our once United States of America have devolved to at the present….
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There's no point in trying to repair the ship; it's time to build a new one.
What ever happened to those who took the Oath to protect & defend from All Enemies Foreign or Domestic?
NVR been a better time than Now
Book by Edward Gibbon? I read it 30 or so years ago. When the Roman Senate ceded all power to Ceasar, conditions seem very similar to our what our once United States of America have devolved to at the present….