05-14-2020, 06:10 AM
if you're into Michael Moore doco's his latest shines some light on US politics, and he pretty much agrees. It's not farenheit 9/11, it's farenheit 11/9 this time, for a reason i can't remember. The system is busted, the parties pretty much cater to those with the most wealth and power. The parties can and do overturn the popular vote - they only allow party reps they sanction, regardless of what the people want. the select few pretty much run the show to ensure the select few stay rich. they're screwed. i suspect the day will come when they regret allowing the general populace to have so many military weapons in their cupboards. but i think things will have to get completely horrendous for that to happen.
if you look at dictatorships, and how they get started, it's generally been an uprising by a charismatic leader who cons the masses into fighting for him (on their behalf he says, as he shakes his fist). perhaps if things turn to poo over there, and Trump is still around, but not in office, he'll con enough of the masses to storm the whitehouse and he'll make himself glorious leader for the rest of his life. then he can hand the power over to his kids and fulfill his god given destiny (or whatever crazy dream drives him).
I wonder just how close to a meltdown the US is? It is usually only when the situation is dire that circumstances allow crazy people to take power. Trump was elected in 2016, so things can't have been great over there already. Seriously, how did that even happen? Add some covid fuel to the fire, and some really crazy stuff must be just around the corner.
if you look at dictatorships, and how they get started, it's generally been an uprising by a charismatic leader who cons the masses into fighting for him (on their behalf he says, as he shakes his fist). perhaps if things turn to poo over there, and Trump is still around, but not in office, he'll con enough of the masses to storm the whitehouse and he'll make himself glorious leader for the rest of his life. then he can hand the power over to his kids and fulfill his god given destiny (or whatever crazy dream drives him).
I wonder just how close to a meltdown the US is? It is usually only when the situation is dire that circumstances allow crazy people to take power. Trump was elected in 2016, so things can't have been great over there already. Seriously, how did that even happen? Add some covid fuel to the fire, and some really crazy stuff must be just around the corner.