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In reply to the discussion: Are we throwing away Nancy Pelosi now because she wasn't enthusiastic about Kamala? [View all]Pisces
(6,354 posts)Thinking it will get back to normal. The huge inequities of the have vs. the have nots, the uncertainty with global plagues and weather related catastrophes that will only get worse. Fear of the other (immigrants) the very pillars of our democracy have been compromised by uneducated politicians who dont care to know how democracy works. We are it seems to me inching closer to a breaking point. If Donald Trump is elected again we are in serious danger of losing many of the things we value as a country. Now if we add AI technology and loss of more white collar jobs in the mix we have a perfect storm brewing. I think the arrogance of America thinking we will overcome all with our American exceptionalism is exactly how the Romans felt about themselves.
They were dominant force for so long with rigid control and belief in Rome that they couldnt see how diluted the experience and intelligence of their leaders became.
I havent seen any new measures in the last 4 years to prevent another Trump or Trump himself from using the position of President to break as many laws and traditions as he sees fit. What are traditions should be law in some cases. We have someone who broke tradition in many things and no one around him stopped him in fact they publicly encouraged him. People who knew better. I think the American experiment can come crashing down very easily. Just like a natural disaster can tear down what took hundreds of years to build.