It's over for the US they will never wake up no matter how bad things get. It's so comically bad you'd imagine the so called well-regulated militia would have intervened by now
And yet having enough reach to be on their radar.
Hmm, where have I heard that before, the last time the fascists took over and we had a world war about it.
They're easily convinced by simplistic causality arguments that, on the surface, satisfy what they feel is an injustice.
They're not even necessarily wrong about the injustices they feel, but they're too easily convinced about what may be the causes, and how those causes may be solved.
The fact we're talking about militia types indicates a simplicity of thought: enough guns can solve it. So we're starting with a pretty self selected group.
It is some kind of magic that Trump, son of a billionaire, success by nepotism, can have any chance of reaching them.
Only a couple of states actually have their own militia that is independent of federal government.
That is wrong, see DC v. Heller, """ the “militia” in colonial America consisted of a subset of “the people”—those who were male, able bodied, and within a certain age range. Reading the Second Amendment as protecting only the right to “keep and bear Arms” in an organized militia therefore fits poorly with the operative clause’s description of the holder of that right as “the people.” """
I'm on the ground and the conversations are changing. There is significant damage that will take decades to repair, but I do not think it impossible.
We broke the trust with allies on so many levels and you should continue to hedge, because America might not be peaking on absurdity yet...
And if the Democrats don't do an absolutely stellar job of trying to fix things, and making life at least seem better for most of the US voting public, then an entirely chaotic Republican party could still get back in.
... and that's saying nothing of the possibilities for repeats of Jan 6th come midterm results or the 2028 election.
Pessimistically, this is my expectation. The Oligarchy has become so out of hand, i.e. corporate-government-media collusion. The Dems are doing the same "Win at all Costs" so we can "Dominate those who think differently" thing. We The People have to take the reins back.
I'm kind of curious if New Yorkers will try and do a tea party impression with the Russian diesel ship though.