Is there a Duty to Impeach?

[marylandblue]

71. Oh, I'm not giving up at all. I just think we are confused about where our real problems are

and what the solutions are. And that confusion is almost as dangerous as the problems themselves.

History is littered with examples of nations who knew they had a problem, but were confused about the cause and solutions.

The Ottoman Empire knew it was in trouble when Napoleon took Egypt in 1798. It spent over a century in failed reform attempts as it got weaker and weaker. Then the end came suddenly in the bloodbath of WWI and the Armenian genocide.

About 133 BCE, the Roman Republic tried to embark on a series of land reforms meant to break up large estates and give land to the poor masses. It failed and a century of increasing authoritarianism and violence followed. At the end, they thought Julius Caesar was their problem, so they assassinated him, not realizing that they were putting the final nail in their coffin.

I think we are in a similar situation. We are so focused on Trump, we don't understand our real problems, and even if we did understand them, we might not be able to do anything about them.

I do hope for the day my pessimism proves unwarranted.