The Fracturing of Democracy - A Chronicle of Continuing Trauma. Part 3 - A Prescient Reminder
Cities Full of Hatred Fear and Lies, Withered Hearts and cruel tormented eyes. Scheming Demons dressed in kingly Guise, Beating down the multitude and scoffing at the wise - Neil Peart, Rush - A Farewell to Kings
I once said that everything I needed to know was in a Rush tune, and it still seems that way.
One must ask: Do you like Fascism? Fascism is alive and well right on these very pages. Do you like authoritarian rule? How about plutocracy? How about a combination of the three? We are dropping towards a kind of fascistic-authoritarian plutocracy as we sit and watch.
Rush - A farewell to Kings
While you are enjoying the music think of this:
One must ask: Do you like Fascism? Fascism is alive and well right on these very pages. Do you like authoritarian rule? How about plutocracy? How about a combination of the three? We are dropping towards a kind of fascistic-authoritarian plutocracy as we sit and watch the video.
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When they turn the pages of history
When these days have passed long ago.
Will they read of us with sadness
For the seeds that we let grow?
We turned our gaze from the castles in the distance
Eyes cast down on the path of least resistance.
Do not remove your gaze from what is important.
Lyrics to the song:
The Trump administration is nothing new in history. The key is to take the lessons of history and not allow this problem to fester.
Thank you for your more cogent reply
there needs be enuff to show the GOP they need to say UNCLE, caused by the main cause of that Uncle Festering weeping boil el royal rumbling down under with pressurized pus, ready to explode more bomb makin and baking the books not learned, the ones so hot they want to burn
it all to the ground before shorts,lowered, to shock US All further than a freaky unfunky money and power junkie, tryin to awg and dawg after fixin the roofie, then they start an act, i bit Goofy, cause i wasn't fckn him up front about not even from behind her ears that bitch could scratch an itch like a freddy fingered bitch in the whole time till the fork in our path is stepped upon, causing it Flip right between my iiiiiiforkiiiiiiiii, like Wilson. Remember he had the ballz, too bad the Republicans don't,
And
i must assume the lyrics from Closer to the Heart, wear on me one cannot get, asz i'll freeze em solid, no won fret
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Closer to the Heart, another great track on that same album. One of my favorite songs back in the late 70's early 80's. It continues the message as follows:
While it is true that positive change might best start or propagate from the top, in a representative democratic society we as individuals are responsible for those we put in those high places. We must not simply forge ahead with eyes cast down on the path of least resistance. We must be vigilant against authoritarianism and recognize the hypocrisy of those engaged in power struggles, always pointing the finger at each other while still seeking power and dominance for themselves. We all must break that paradigm and do our part to set a different and better path. To me, in the US that means doing everything we can to break the levers of power that are dominated by the two parties, and stop believing the lie that our only choice is the lesser of two evils.
The engine of change is within each of us as individuals and working together we can affect real change. We must look inward as much as we do outward, and mold better leaders from among us, if we to are have any hope of molding a new reality... closer to the heart.
Indeed. Our system is broken. It may be the case that we need radical change. If we do not separate money from politics, this will never get better.
And in a brilliant move, some billionaires convinced a bunch of ignorant white people, many living in abject poverty, that the uber wealthy aren't the problem, it's all the damn gays, lesbians, transgenders, immigrants, atheists and minorities that are to blame for all their problems. So now the people at the bottom are locked in mortal combat while a literal trillionaire smirks and laughs after his unfettered access to our government care of another billionaire.
The yokes on us.
I just want to wipe that smirk off his face
He should be deported and I hope that when the Democrats get back in power they examine his Visas and found something nefarious. Yeah...I know he's a "legal" citizen now but they can pull that from him if he broke the law previously
Disturbing! Pathetic! STUPIDITY gone wild, and mainly brought about buy the bought and brought forth pushed propaganda, and I see fck head 'Fox asz the grand papa happy to ball slappy, asz they reached around , and did done found, the impropa, impropagrandpapa responsible for the irresponsible.
actions to stupify intelligence via their breath
a tempting to bring our Democracy closer to 'death, be not proud'
all by fckn LIARS , LYING out loud as they have been allowed
to give the poorly educated (Trumps own words)
some one besides themselves to blame for the shame they do feel, cause their cetainly IS an art of the deal, cause whence repeated, it is the
re art of the dealings of pushed lies by unAmerican Re artists that Trump stirred up off of the bottom of that Swamp of Scum
who have sold out this country,
all to get more, than say sum
cause for far too long, ignorance has won
and had begun
to end our run,
hopefully we can pull an end around
this circular fired up squad of bullshit believers consisting of accomplished deceivers, whos deceptions had become more than just projections.
for ignorance should never be able to rule
accept in my case
I agree.
We cannot, under the current stranglehold that the Democrats and Republicans have on all aspects of the election process, proceed towards a more perfect union if our choice is limited , by design, by the two parties in power now.
It used to be that the two parties would co-opt the pieces of the platforms of the emergent parties and incorporate them into their own platforms and thus become (or remain) more relevant. Since at least the Citizens United decision of the SCotUS, this has become less and less the case until it has become clear, to me at least, that the parties are not adapting the fringe ideas into their core, but abandoning the central ideas for the fringe. It has not yet become apparent to either party that this tack to the extremes is untenable, because there is enough money flooding the coffers just because both parties are powerful.
You say: The engine of change is within each of us as individuals and working together we can affect real change.
We can. We will. We do. Every day we fight against the forces that want us to "just accept" life as it comes.
But there comes a time when the "leaders" stop listening. I don't think that we are at that juncture yet, but it is approaching. I would rather not have yet another revolution to keep democracy alive and relevant.
Trump's first Presidency, according to Timothy Snyder , is the result of Russian interference. He puts forth a pretty good argument.
Personally, I believe that Trump is (unable to determine at this point if it is knowingly or unknowingly, but leaning towards the knowingly) a Russian asset.
I believe he is. I still need to finish that book. After I finish my latest Ken Follett then my latest John Le Carre
Take me away, Calgon!
You need a cast of characters in the first part of the book. It is a little bit like reading "War and Peace" because the names can be confusing. Once you get the names down, it goes much better. At least that is what I found.