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In reply to the discussion: David Rothkopf: Something Broke in America This Week [View all]DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)They lived through The Great Depression and WWII with all the horrors and they knew this was coming back again some day. They wanted us to know, to be prepared to recognize it and nip it in the bud. They had us read all of the history and the dystopic novels about an authoritarian future. And here it is.
This evil trump blight we're living reads exactly like one of those dystopic novels. I can't believe we've done this to ourselves. And no one seems to know what to do other than "discuss".
It only took 243 years to end this so-called "experiment in democracy" - in total failure.
Greatest country on earth (TM) - please. Go tell it to a magat.
New American Century? Hell, we didn't even get an American decade.
Rule of law. lol
Checks and balances. hahaha
Lights out, democracy. We were never what we claimed to be anyway. It was always just a reality tv game show for the entertainment of the idiot masses and the benefit of the very select few.
This reminds me of the last few days of the Obama administration before trump took office - the feeling of hopelessness and inevitability.
I'm scared.