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36. Yeah, I'm 72 and I feel the same. I think we took our democracy too much for granted. n/t

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Do we realize & understand & grasp that we are living in a pivotal moment of history? [View all] elocs Mar 2025 OP

We didn't listen to Marley's Ghost Uncle Joe Mar 2025 #1

Yes. They are changing out the machinery, literally and figuratively, of our Wingus Dingus Mar 2025 #2

Sadly, I think you could be quite correct, Wingus. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #9

Between this post of yours and that of wingus_dingus, I think you've laid it out too well. erronis Mar 2025 #19

They have zero reason to turn back. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #22

Good analysis by all...... DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #43

Yes. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #44

All of the UBER rich and politicians DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #45

IDK how it turned out. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #46

The only thing DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #50

Yes does suggest the Vets are mostly Trumpers. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #51

Eloquently framed ID, athough nothing eloquent in the reality. yellow dahlia Mar 2025 #47

I know, where are the CIA, M16, military intel, etc? Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #49

Musk's coders are not just identifying women and minorities to fire, they're rewriting the code for government systems. Lonestarblue Mar 2025 #16

It's really hard pattyloutwo Mar 2025 #58

It's VERY hard. I lean closer to fleeing to Canada, at least to start. At least until my Maru Kitteh Mar 2025 #63

1) Yes, 2) Only a fall if one assumes things, 3) Presumes such a fall would be bad, 4) The final pivot out might be cool Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #3

Well said. A glimmer of hope long-term for an extended period of misery. erronis Mar 2025 #21

It is possible that things just have to get bad enough MadameButterfly Mar 2025 #65

Of course mimitabby Mar 2025 #4

Governments are always for the ruling classes that set them up. bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #5

It wasn't so quick. Grumpy Old Guy Mar 2025 #6

Maybe, but when we elected Pres. Obama I thought we had turned the corner groundloop Mar 2025 #10

I felt that way too when Obama was elected. Grumpy Old Guy Mar 2025 #18

Unfortunately, Obama's elections were the straw that broke the proverbial back. erronis Mar 2025 #24

That turned out to be a false hope, didn't it. After Obama we've gotten Trump twice. elocs Mar 2025 #57

Yes, yes, yes EverHopeful Mar 2025 #12

The last 2 months has been the culmination of the previous decades. n/t elocs Mar 2025 #32

I don't think maga is actually "miserable", ... yet. But they will turn on Muck first then tRump. Won't be pretty Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #52

And this is going to happen as you say, just wait for the other shoe to drop. And MAGAs haven't seen anything yet. SWBTATTReg Mar 2025 #60

The build up to our fall from a democracy may have taken years, decades, elocs Mar 2025 #29

Excellent summation of key points along the path. Big Blue Marble Mar 2025 #64

It's not the fall of the American Empire oldmanlynn Mar 2025 #7

Why would I want to continue 'the American Empire'? Voltaire2 Mar 2025 #8

Empires usually don't believe they will fall even when the evidence is in front of them. elocs Mar 2025 #34

Fuck empires. I'm just fine with our shitty empire falling apart. Voltaire2 Mar 2025 #11

not everyone appreciates this. barbtries Mar 2025 #13

My 82-year-old husband is in DC at a veterans' protest at the Heritage Foundation. raging moderate Mar 2025 #23

I marched in Raleigh barbtries Mar 2025 #39

You said " But I did not know it would be illegal to post the news in the DU Lounge, so that ended that." notinkansas Mar 2025 #41

I made a joke in the Lounge but it was locked for being political. I thought it was too lightweight for GenDisc Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #54

OK. Thanks for the clarification. notinkansas Mar 2025 #55

We're between a rock & a hard place because filling the streets may ultimately bring elocs Mar 2025 #35

At my age, I will never see the recouping of Democracy as I knew it. 634-5789 Mar 2025 #14

Yeah, I'm 72 and I feel the same. I think we took our democracy too much for granted. n/t elocs Mar 2025 #36

Marley's Ghosts is a very good description of where we are now - haele Mar 2025 #15

America First! becomes America Only! becomes America Alone become America Lonely. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2025 #17

Very well said! It could be called "Unintended Consequences" but perhaps this destruction is actually erronis Mar 2025 #25

Complacent. Exactly. As Democrats, too many of us have become complacent. elocs Mar 2025 #42

We had all seen evil from a distance... Escape Mar 2025 #20

Yup SheltieLover Mar 2025 #26

Not the fall of the American empire, but the end of the American Century andym Mar 2025 #27

We built an empire after WWII. Voltaire2 Mar 2025 #30

No we didn't-- we did not have tribuatory states andym Mar 2025 #33

Quibble with words, but it ends up being the same thing. elocs Mar 2025 #66

Actually the difference is that Trump is trying to build a new American empire: by adding Greenland, Canada etc andym Mar 2025 #67

Uh, Yeah! I was born to be here now. calikid Mar 2025 #28

You are not alone. Voltaire2 Mar 2025 #31

It will go down in history as... S/V Loner Mar 2025 #37

Embracing Reality Is The 'Hopeful' Path... Reality Is The Reasoned Path Forward... MayReasonRule Mar 2025 #38

Yup, we're never going to be the same country again. But, maybe, if we survive the Rancid Menace Joinfortmill Mar 2025 #40

I'm going to start carrying raw sunflower seeds. haele Mar 2025 #48

The whole world will mourn. A European told me that they liked that America Demovictory9 Mar 2025 #53

Thank you, and everyone else, for your thoughtful posts Wild blueberry Mar 2025 #56

Hope springs eternal and comes from faith in yourself and others wintemark Mar 2025 #59

We need to look toward Europe to uphold democratic governance... AntiFascist Mar 2025 #61

American democracy died on 12/12/00 GoreWon2000 Mar 2025 #62