One of the signs that the Democrat political machine in America is running out of palatable ideas is the fact that they have resorted to using democracy itself as the MacGuffin for the 2022 Midterms.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.
America is a Constitutional Republic.
The Founding Fathers were flawed but also geniuses.
The US Constitution and Bill of Rights are probably the most important documents ever created by humans. I'm not American, but I would happily die for those ideals.
It's too bad the old pre-monarchy laws of Sweden are barely translated to modern swedish, let alone english. They were first written down between the 12th and the 15th century, depending on which regional law one looks at - every major region had its own laws and legal tradition dating back to pre-christian times.
The only power not in the hands of those closest to any issue at hand was the power to call for a referendum of electing king (i.e. wartime leader in reality) and how to finance/form the soldiery from the people; even the laws for the clergy could differ between regions, though less and less as the bureaucracy grew.
Paraphrased and simplified to the point of absurdity of course, a real historian would have fits if she saw me describing it so simple, but that's the gist and spirit of it.
This is the way globalist/EU-friendly parties have played on the various peoples' ingrained fear of the ghost of "fascism" the last 20+ years.
Every vote for anything but more of the same crap that's lead us here is "a threat to democracy".
I recognise the rethoric: people vote "the wrong way" so we must outlaw all other options than the Right Way.
And burn all the wrong books. Ban all the wrong art. Re-educate all the wrong people.
The muffled thud of the airtight door to the gaschambers this logic always leads to echoes to our time, and its the purported "Democrats" of all western nations that are - just as then - creating the fertile soil for the flower of fascism to grow fat and bloom from the corruption born of making power and greed the only ethical metrics allowed.
The US's normie voters are a frustrating bunch. They're tribal more than anything else and that includes the nominally independent "swing vote". The left is a complete write-off. They're steeped in angry, paranoid stupidity.
I do see a conservative awakening of sorts and conservatives have proved willing to punish treacherous Republicans at the polls, but I don't think that's enough. What's needed is the capacity for a general strike, including support for families that are directly affected by the concomitant loss of work.
What's interesting is we're seeing more of that capacity build up. The trucker protest in Canada is a good example which seems to be becoming more and more common across the world. Brazil is doing something similar right now. Unfortunately, it may be too late as the political class seems to care very little about disruptions (they derive profit from holding office, good governance does not factor in) and diversity in values has led to disunities amongst voters.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.
America is a Constitutional Republic.
The Founding Fathers were flawed but also geniuses.
The US Constitution and Bill of Rights are probably the most important documents ever created by humans. I'm not American, but I would happily die for those ideals.
It's too bad the old pre-monarchy laws of Sweden are barely translated to modern swedish, let alone english. They were first written down between the 12th and the 15th century, depending on which regional law one looks at - every major region had its own laws and legal tradition dating back to pre-christian times.
The only power not in the hands of those closest to any issue at hand was the power to call for a referendum of electing king (i.e. wartime leader in reality) and how to finance/form the soldiery from the people; even the laws for the clergy could differ between regions, though less and less as the bureaucracy grew.
Paraphrased and simplified to the point of absurdity of course, a real historian would have fits if she saw me describing it so simple, but that's the gist and spirit of it.
Guess I need to watch Escape from New York!
It's always good to have a backup plan in case you find yourself there 😉
One of my favorite films.
It's on my ROKU Saved List!
"a copy of Bandstand Boogie by Barry Manilow"
Barry Manilow???
Oh, for the love of all that is good and right with the world, please NO!!!
Please listen to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR1WPkLnnZo
Meanwhile, great observations. Thanks for passing them along.
Yikes! Correction made, my apologies. 🤣
This is the way globalist/EU-friendly parties have played on the various peoples' ingrained fear of the ghost of "fascism" the last 20+ years.
Every vote for anything but more of the same crap that's lead us here is "a threat to democracy".
I recognise the rethoric: people vote "the wrong way" so we must outlaw all other options than the Right Way.
And burn all the wrong books. Ban all the wrong art. Re-educate all the wrong people.
The muffled thud of the airtight door to the gaschambers this logic always leads to echoes to our time, and its the purported "Democrats" of all western nations that are - just as then - creating the fertile soil for the flower of fascism to grow fat and bloom from the corruption born of making power and greed the only ethical metrics allowed.
Global totalitarianism with a smile emoji and whatever flag is needed to support the current thing.
And, to pile on the affrontery, they don't even have spiffy uniforms or good choreography! No Dior. No Chanel. No Breker.
No, instead we get blob-like stuff like globo-homo "art", neo-brutalist Stasi-wannabe architecture, and gangsta rap.
(insert Fidel Castro-length rant)
Small wonder so many of them are enamoured with fundamentalist saudi islam.
The US's normie voters are a frustrating bunch. They're tribal more than anything else and that includes the nominally independent "swing vote". The left is a complete write-off. They're steeped in angry, paranoid stupidity.
I do see a conservative awakening of sorts and conservatives have proved willing to punish treacherous Republicans at the polls, but I don't think that's enough. What's needed is the capacity for a general strike, including support for families that are directly affected by the concomitant loss of work.
What's interesting is we're seeing more of that capacity build up. The trucker protest in Canada is a good example which seems to be becoming more and more common across the world. Brazil is doing something similar right now. Unfortunately, it may be too late as the political class seems to care very little about disruptions (they derive profit from holding office, good governance does not factor in) and diversity in values has led to disunities amongst voters.
I thought Snake would be taller.
I thought he was dead. ;-)
So did Harold Hellman.
"Just one thing right now...don't call me Harold."
You, me, and Fresno Bob.
You know what they did to Bob?
good idea