The problem with this statement is there is no changing it short of rewriting the Constitution, and there is no rewriting it without burning down the existing order. Amendments have no hope of passing and if they did, right now it would be only the far right with close to enough states to ratify.
Fundamentally, adhering to the idea that the existing framework has failed us is a call to revolution. Bloody and barreling toward an uncertain end. I’m just not sure everyone actually realizes it.
If that proposition is correct, then there is no other reasonable conclusion. So I hope it’s not correct, because I’d rather not see those times.
First of all, just read the article, it addresses your points.
Except the one that this necessarily has to get physically violent.
But what sort of times would you like to see then, in the USA, going forward? What’s your idea of getting over the current situation, preferably towards the better?
I don’t know, man. But revolution is painful and violent and if you look at others, it often takes about 100 years to get everything sorted. See the French and Russian revolutions. Thailand is a bit behind and Russia almost made it but then backslid and is over 100 years now.
That’s a lifetime of murder, coups, sexual violence and hardship. Even if it is the only choice, I’m in no hurry.
At this point I’m hopeful Trump teaches a lesson to the next generation. It’ll be forgotten in time just like I can watch WW2 fade in relevance, but it might make things good for 50 years.
A thorough repudiation of Trump carries with it a lot of more egalitarian policies. Basically, if he pushes the pendulum hard enough, it will swing back just as hard. I hope. He’s literally fucking up every single thing and is being a right wing wet dream. He is dismantling their entire philosophy while giving them everything they want.
The problem with this statement is there is no changing it short of rewriting the Constitution, and there is no rewriting it without burning down the existing order. Amendments have no hope of passing and if they did, right now it would be only the far right with close to enough states to ratify.
Fundamentally, adhering to the idea that the existing framework has failed us is a call to revolution. Bloody and barreling toward an uncertain end. I’m just not sure everyone actually realizes it.
If that proposition is correct, then there is no other reasonable conclusion. So I hope it’s not correct, because I’d rather not see those times.
First of all, just read the article, it addresses your points. Except the one that this necessarily has to get physically violent.
But what sort of times would you like to see then, in the USA, going forward? What’s your idea of getting over the current situation, preferably towards the better?
I don’t know, man. But revolution is painful and violent and if you look at others, it often takes about 100 years to get everything sorted. See the French and Russian revolutions. Thailand is a bit behind and Russia almost made it but then backslid and is over 100 years now.
That’s a lifetime of murder, coups, sexual violence and hardship. Even if it is the only choice, I’m in no hurry.
At this point I’m hopeful Trump teaches a lesson to the next generation. It’ll be forgotten in time just like I can watch WW2 fade in relevance, but it might make things good for 50 years.
A thorough repudiation of Trump carries with it a lot of more egalitarian policies. Basically, if he pushes the pendulum hard enough, it will swing back just as hard. I hope. He’s literally fucking up every single thing and is being a right wing wet dream. He is dismantling their entire philosophy while giving them everything they want.