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In reply to the discussion: I'm Not Sure How To Ask This... But... Is Anybody Else Feeling A Great Nauseous Forboding About... [View all]Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Look at the Republican presidential candidates, let it sink in that one of them could actually be president, and you will realize that the current trajectory is hopeless.
As far as WE THE PEOPLE "standing up", we are also confined by the current system of laws that apply, of course, only to the proletariat. A complete collapse would free us up to do what needs to be done wrt (especially) the media. A very comprehensive purge of media moguls and personalities is absolutely essential for democracy to make a comeback. And those who would enact such a purge are afraid to act, or even think, as viciously as those who currently occupy Big Media. As long as we are content to believe that kneeling and getting pepper sprayed is "making progress", nothing positive will take place.