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The precedent has been set in the U.S. If you can whip up an army of fanatics to assault the Capitol then you may do so with impunity. The system set up 230 y
by syki 5y ago
The precedent has been set in the U.S. If you can whip up an army of fanatics to assault the Capitol then you may do so with impunity. The system set up 230 years ago has too many imbalances. We don’t have proportional representation in either chamber of Congress and the way things are set up a minority of the electorate can prevent even the fiscal policies of the majority. Eventually such an imbalance will need to change. It can not last for long.
There is also great social change. Women are a large majority of incoming college students and are a majority in graduating with college degrees right now. Demographic changes are occurring. There are severe inefficiencies in the basic functioning of our society. For instance we spend far more on healthcare and education than other countries with worse outcomes.
Defeat in Afghanistan, divided population at home, crumbling infrastructure, etc. all point to a state of long term imperial decline.
- tomjen3 5y ago>The precedent has been set in the U.S. If you can whip up an army of fanatics to assault the Capitol then you may do so with impunity. No it has not. The people involved are being prosecuted and criminal punishments are being handed down. Trump is not being prosecuted, because disagreeing with the official election results are not a crime, nor is it illegal to hold campaigns arguing your case. If Trump had actually done something illegal, he would be prosecuted.