It's nearly the end of 2017 and the United States of America is no where near to a point of resolving the constitutional crisis it has now got itself in to. This is on top of everything else that has been going on for 30 years of neo-liberalism. The climate change, the income inequality, financial crisis, etc, (do I even have to list it because we can all think of something?)
In a few decades the festering pile of unresolved problems is going to blow up in our faces and all hell will break lose. Its no longer a radical sentiment to paint the future in apocalyptic terms; reading the daily news has become a journey through the book of revelations. Despite differences of emphasis, this is now largely a point of agreement between the left and the right, but we still pay lip service to the idea its avoidable based on the hope that the system of government can change course. It is becoming extremely irrational to think it will.
I'd say Trump is at least a big symptom of this- but truthfully, this is something that has been decades in the making. Libertarians and Republicans have been pointing out how far the United States has drifted from its original ideals for a long time and do deserve credit for that, even if I may naturally side with Democrats over the tide of economic, social and environmental issues that aren't getting addressed. The reality is that even if the blame can be pinned on Trump personally, the earliest possible opportunity Trump will be impeached will be after the 6th November 2018- essentially a year away- because the Republicans have shown they'd rather protect one of their own than the country (e.g. Roy Moore). The Democratic Party has wasted an entire year pushing moral outrage, mass hysteria and shouting "Russia" as a substitute for dealing with any of the problems facing Americans. They can't reverse the clock back to 2016 and we now live in a new set of political realities that even impeaching Trump will not change. Whether you think Trump is the problem or the Republicans- you have to admit the Democrats are not going to turn this thing around until 2020. And it is extremely questionable of it they can make some of the radical changes necessary to get us out of this mess based on past performance.
If Trump is impeached, you end up with Pence. If Pence is removed as well, you get Paul Ryan. The earliest opportunity for a Democratic President is 2020. Impeaching Trump is almost empty symbolism for the damage that will be done. The Republicans will pursue their agenda, Trumps' platform, to 2020 and will do so regardless as to whether Trump is still President. Even if a Democrat is elected in 2020, the Republican Party will still be there to use religious fundamentalism, corporate power, anti-science and anti-intellectualism to destroy the United States and hurt its people. And the Democrats will let them because they will keep supporting Capitalism and will keep moving to the "centre-ground" as the Republicans drag them kicking and screaming further to the right. The Democratic Party is a neo-liberal party. It will stand by its corporate donors and will use sweet sounding rhetoric to make you swallow their crap. They will not reform the United States to a point where it can avoid a near total collapse under the weight of the problems it is manufacturing by the end of the century. the Democrats will continue to make short-sighted decisions based on defending corporate capitalism and everyone will be reduced to the position of spectators to the government of the most powerful country being treated as a reality TV show based on rating, not results.
This is not simply an American Problem. It's the World's problem. If the US government has finally lost touch with reality and is now barely able to wipe its own arse, the rest of the world will suffer. The economic, political and military reach of the US is too great for this to be isolated or contained. This cannot go on and it begs the question as to why- after decades of abuse- anyone should trust this system any longer as its unlikely to self-correct. Regardless as to whose side your on- We've had a year of chaos and this is not how governments should be run. As all alternatives are necessarily going to be totalitarian (or else risk the probability of becoming it);
Why not support Totalitarianism? What exactly do we have to lose given that the United States is all but a totalitarian system in name or else is heading in that direction within our lifetimes? Is it really plausible to believe that the USA will be a free country in 50 to 100 years?
If I'm wrong, you're welcome give me some evidence that can make me want to support the landfill site now overflowing with toxic waste called Washington DC. I am not comfortable trusting this system with my future anymore. I live in the UK but I know this is global and I feel like crap for saying it because I still want to believe "free" societies are worth fighting for and I know the risks involved. but seriously- I want an alternative and I have almost stopped caring what it is as long as it works. How can we keep peddling the view that the only reason to defend freedom is that everything else is worse than this? We need something more than fear of an alternative to make a system worth keeping.
In a few decades the festering pile of unresolved problems is going to blow up in our faces and all hell will break lose. Its no longer a radical sentiment to paint the future in apocalyptic terms; reading the daily news has become a journey through the book of revelations. Despite differences of emphasis, this is now largely a point of agreement between the left and the right, but we still pay lip service to the idea its avoidable based on the hope that the system of government can change course. It is becoming extremely irrational to think it will.
I'd say Trump is at least a big symptom of this- but truthfully, this is something that has been decades in the making. Libertarians and Republicans have been pointing out how far the United States has drifted from its original ideals for a long time and do deserve credit for that, even if I may naturally side with Democrats over the tide of economic, social and environmental issues that aren't getting addressed. The reality is that even if the blame can be pinned on Trump personally, the earliest possible opportunity Trump will be impeached will be after the 6th November 2018- essentially a year away- because the Republicans have shown they'd rather protect one of their own than the country (e.g. Roy Moore). The Democratic Party has wasted an entire year pushing moral outrage, mass hysteria and shouting "Russia" as a substitute for dealing with any of the problems facing Americans. They can't reverse the clock back to 2016 and we now live in a new set of political realities that even impeaching Trump will not change. Whether you think Trump is the problem or the Republicans- you have to admit the Democrats are not going to turn this thing around until 2020. And it is extremely questionable of it they can make some of the radical changes necessary to get us out of this mess based on past performance.
If Trump is impeached, you end up with Pence. If Pence is removed as well, you get Paul Ryan. The earliest opportunity for a Democratic President is 2020. Impeaching Trump is almost empty symbolism for the damage that will be done. The Republicans will pursue their agenda, Trumps' platform, to 2020 and will do so regardless as to whether Trump is still President. Even if a Democrat is elected in 2020, the Republican Party will still be there to use religious fundamentalism, corporate power, anti-science and anti-intellectualism to destroy the United States and hurt its people. And the Democrats will let them because they will keep supporting Capitalism and will keep moving to the "centre-ground" as the Republicans drag them kicking and screaming further to the right. The Democratic Party is a neo-liberal party. It will stand by its corporate donors and will use sweet sounding rhetoric to make you swallow their crap. They will not reform the United States to a point where it can avoid a near total collapse under the weight of the problems it is manufacturing by the end of the century. the Democrats will continue to make short-sighted decisions based on defending corporate capitalism and everyone will be reduced to the position of spectators to the government of the most powerful country being treated as a reality TV show based on rating, not results.
This is not simply an American Problem. It's the World's problem. If the US government has finally lost touch with reality and is now barely able to wipe its own arse, the rest of the world will suffer. The economic, political and military reach of the US is too great for this to be isolated or contained. This cannot go on and it begs the question as to why- after decades of abuse- anyone should trust this system any longer as its unlikely to self-correct. Regardless as to whose side your on- We've had a year of chaos and this is not how governments should be run. As all alternatives are necessarily going to be totalitarian (or else risk the probability of becoming it);
Why not support Totalitarianism? What exactly do we have to lose given that the United States is all but a totalitarian system in name or else is heading in that direction within our lifetimes? Is it really plausible to believe that the USA will be a free country in 50 to 100 years?
If I'm wrong, you're welcome give me some evidence that can make me want to support the landfill site now overflowing with toxic waste called Washington DC. I am not comfortable trusting this system with my future anymore. I live in the UK but I know this is global and I feel like crap for saying it because I still want to believe "free" societies are worth fighting for and I know the risks involved. but seriously- I want an alternative and I have almost stopped caring what it is as long as it works. How can we keep peddling the view that the only reason to defend freedom is that everything else is worse than this? We need something more than fear of an alternative to make a system worth keeping.
