This seems to track what’s going on with the Colorado disqualification of Trump’s presidential run. It’s a good read. But of course depressing.
Orion's Cold Fire
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
This seems to track what’s going on with the Colorado disqualification of Trump’s presidential run. It’s a good read. But of course depressing.
This feeling of late-stage Pax Americana can best be summed up with Heinlein’s thoughts on Democracy. The Polus is so stratified at this point that we are all going in different directions. A nation, as a group, cannot continue unified like this. “The America of my time line is a laboratory example of what can happen to democracies, what has eventually happened to all perfect democracies throughout all histories. A perfect democracy, a ‘warm body’ democracy in which every adult may vote and all votes count equally, has no internal feedback for self-correction. It depends solely on the wisdom and… Read more »
I have stated that secession or outright rebellion may be the only paths out of our Eastern Empire dilemma. I fear I may be correct.
And maybe no one even puts up a fight. The next generation isn’t very aggressive.