aggie93 said:
Rodney Ruxin said:
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When you simply ignore how the world works don't be surprised you can't get the changes you want. BTW, one of Trump's biggest flaws is he didn't understand how DC worked and it sunk him over and over again. You have to know how to play the game in order to win it.
The only way to return to anything resembling a functional constitutional republic is to remove power from D.C. The corruption is so long-standing and so deep, you aren't going to get any meaningful change by electing the Trump's of the world. We don't need different people in Washington. Well we do, but that's not a realistic goal, the system has literally been designed to keep people with goodwill away from holding any legitimate power. Literally the only way forward is removing power.
So your argument is things are so broken that we can't win within the current system and by electing the right people. Ok, only 3 ways to get that then. First is a Convention of States and then for it to go the way you want. Second is a Revolution/Civil War that overthrows the government. Third is secession.
First is a pipe dream that will fail. Way too many socialists to ever agree to a real improvement of the Constitution.
Second is insane.
Third has promise but it's complicated and risky on its own.
Otherwise you are just wishcasting that the world doesn't work the way you want. That's great for Stars but that's about it.
Regardless of how it's done, and I don't want any kind of war FYI, if we don't find a way to SIGNIFICANTLY reduce the amount of power the federal government currently has...... then yes we are f***ed. But f***ed doesn't necessarily mean forever. It could mean we are headed for a hard reset, which don't get me wrong would completely suck. Who knows what happens after that though. I would be blowing smoke up my own ass to pretend I have any idea what scenario is more likely to occur over another after that.
I'm just telling you that trying to elect different politicians to make any kind of MEANINGFUL change in the current system is absolutely a pipe dream. We will only continue to slide, the only thing that is moderately variable is the pace. Rearranging chairs on the Titanic at this point.
We are currently at $247,000 in debt per taxpayer and we show literally no sign of slowing down. It's pure insanity. One day it will be time to pay the piper. And that's completely ignoring the myriad of cultural issues that have been driven by different factions trying to wield increasing levels state power over each other
instead of realizing that it's the exercise of that power itself that is the problem.At this point, I do think the long-term "best bad choice" is a divorce. How that logistically goes down, I don't know. And I take zero joy in saying it whatsoever, it's never something I would choose unless it were the last possible option to retain a functioning free society. I fear we are headed towards that point. Just imo obviously.