I think I have gotten to the point that I have lost faith in this country.

[Scruffy1]

22. Cheer up.

This country has always had its dark side. This goes back to colonial times, so it's nothing new. I think the big reason people get disillusioned is because they've been fed the PR version of America. What we consider "free speech" didn't even exist until the 1920's. Eugene Debs was given ten tears for saying he thought the draft was unconstitutional in World War I. The Supremes backed it 9-0. This included Brandeis and Holmes. And yet new court rulings in the later 1920's won freedom of speech. This is the Harry Truman view of history. We take two steps forward and one backwards. When the powers that be overplay their hand, there is a reaction. Lately the media has been putting a muzzle on it, but I think by now they have lost any credibility, and so I am looking forward to organizing the reaction to the Dumpster fire. When his outhouse of cards burns down there will be a huge reaction and maybe we'll finally get some structural change, which has been lacking for fifty years. If we keep battering at the door long enough we will break it down. Politics is like hockey. It's what you do when you don't have the puck that wins the game. Organize and fight.
Just because 25% of the people got suckered doesn't mean that the other 75% plus those ineligible are powerless. Power depends upon compliance and he's getting zip from me.