No system is stable forever. We get things like the Reformation and the 30 Years War when imbalances occur. I was not intending to convey a belief that totali

No system is stable forever. We get things like the Reformation and the 30 Years War when imbalances occur. I was not intending to convey a belief that totalitarian regimes can’t last for a long time. Rather I was indicating a belief that what we have are the beginnings of an imbalance in the system and that something must give. That give could be Americans accepting that the notion “we are the freest country in the world” is wrong and being ok with that.