Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by WannaFly on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:07PM
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Democracy is why America has already fallen. "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this
Union a Republican Form of Government". When people asked, "What have you given as Mr.Franklin?" He said, "A REPUBLIC. IF YOU CAN KEEP IT". What if, I am and my friend will decide to beat you up and steal your stuff? It's bad, isn't it? But what if we outvote you and send a senator to steal your stuff, why is this ok? The wealthiest country in the world was built by freedom and supremacy of people's rights (Life, Liberty, Property, Pursuit of Happiness). None of that exists anymore, America has Democrats(Left) and Republicans(they actually Democrats, today JFK would be Republican).
Re:FBI warns of plans for nationwide armed protests next week
by chii on Monday January 11, 2021 @08:06PM
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> Complacency is what gave us Trump in the first place.
no, it's not just complacency. In the 2016 vote, he did get a lot of the popular votes (even tho hilary got more). That's a sign that a lot of people in the US do agree with his world view - whether they understand that it's just retoric trump is throwing to get votes, or they do truly feel it, is moot.
Trump _only_ got into power because there's enough people in the USA to get him into power. This isn't a case of a one time bad president - it's the psyche of a nation.
One has to take a contrarian view of one's own anxieties: this is all good for the republic, because it snaps people out of their complacency.
Complacency is what gave us Trump in the first place. The "it'll never happen" attitude pretty much guarantees that at some point someone will purposely or accidentally benefit from it. Now that the cat is out of the bag people are very focused on the issue at hand, which is good.
To believe America will "fall" you have to believe that there is, or there soon could be, a majority of people who believe in dismantling democracy and abandoning the constitution. If that is the case then America has already fallen.