Do we realize & understand & grasp that we are living in a pivotal moment of history?

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5. Governments are always for the ruling classes that set them up.

This is no different, it's just that the ruling classes have changed. The pattern has repeated throughout history when greed and corruption infiltrate the State. The populace still trusts the government but is confused because the incumbents are no longer trustworthy. People power > elites > corruption > overthrow is a pattern that describes the last 350 years, from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the American and French Revolutions of the Enlightenment to the European revolutions of 1848 to 1968 as well as the rise of the Nazi state and the totalitarianism of eastern Europe and even the fall of the USSR. We are in turmoil, our democratic leaders were weak and lacked foresight. Why did we think Trump would go away or fail after the GOP closed ranks for him after the J6 insurrection? Why do we separate insurrection from revolution? Because the radical ideas driving J6 were larger than an insurrection, or insurrection is poorly defined as the visible spear disconnected from the cultural and political energy behind the revolution. Revolutions always carry through to fruition. Their goals are realized. Democrats need to fashion a counter-revolution. The old order will surface but only in parts. A new way forward needs to be cast.