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    bobbeauchamp
     

    Handwriting on the wall?

    Consider:

    a) Our incompetent leader who may see reelection this Fall;
    b) The politically-disguised mob rule sweeping our cities, imposing their narrow, violent anarchy on the rest of us;
    c) The deepening, polarized hostilities between our two major political parties;
    d) The deadly, escalating and uncontrolled ravages of the Corona virus:
    e) The unrelenting escalation of our climate crisis, a challenge that we naively presume can be resolved with only non-threatening, comfy modifications to our cherished status quo;
    f) Our historic misinterpretation of our great continent as little more than an endless supply of natural, economic, and social resources available for exploitation by all comers (foreign and domestic), with concerns for a society of truly enlightened, cohesive integrity relegated to secondary status.


    This ought to be a sobering combination of issues. Our democracy is a certainly noble, yet fragile experiment in enlightened governance; it demands, for its basic sustainability, "eternal vigilance". Our drift into a growing complacency towards our deeper responsibilities, as citizens, may prove insufficient to prevent the familiar slide into unrest, civil war, martial law, and an essentially irreversible totalitarian regime.
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    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    Those of us who live in safely Democratic districts can have an impact by working with groups like Flip The West (www.Flipthewest.com) and Vote Forward (https://votefwd.org/) to write postcards, phone or text voters in states like Iowa, Arizona, Alaska, Kentucky, Colorado and Maine to flip the Senate.
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    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    Having spent a lot of time in Alaska, one thing I know about Alaskan's is getting a postcard from "down there" asking them to vote or vote a certain way will be regarded with distain and have a counter effect. If you do decide to send Alaskans postcards put a Montana return address on it. They have a slightly less distain for Montanans.
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    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    America is over. If I were a younger person, I would leave. I predict, and hope that I am wrong, that our situation is likely to worsen.
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    luke32
     

    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    Shepherd, where would you go?

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    America is over. If I were a younger person, I would leave. I predict, and hope that I am wrong, that our situation is likely to worsen.
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    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    Stay and keep on fighting! Eternal vigilance (and struggle) is the price of liberty!

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    America is over. If I were a younger person, I would leave. I predict, and hope that I am wrong, that our situation is likely to worsen.
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    django
     

    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    I was pretty confident I wouldn't live to see the end of the world. I may have to revise that assessment.
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    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    Whatever happens, Django, I'm very sure the Earth will abide.

    "The end of the world" as we know it? Very possibly, but that may also be a good thing if you think about it and if it means the end of H. sap..

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    I was pretty confident I wouldn't live to see the end of the world. I may have to revise that assessment.
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    Re: Handwriting on the wall?

    Quote Posted in reply to the post by luke32: View Post
    Shepherd, where would you go?
    that would have you, as an American, I mean, not as Shepherd.

    There are lots of places that are objectively "better" than America, though as a concession to those die-hard patriots, I'll admit of course they're not better than America, because they're not America. OK?

    Now whether moving to a place where you will always be an outsider has unexpected unsettling effects on you, is another question. That one seems to catch people by surprise.
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