yeah bro, the people in power will just go ahead and hand it over to semi-retarded chatbots
1: I dislike fatalism/doomerism because it reinforces learned helplessness and assumes absence of agency. (And I also detest accelerationism.) No empire/established/civilization is irreversibly doomed to decline or dissolution if the cycle of corruption, power accretion, and/or mismanagement that may occur as a macro trend in a cycle, orthogonal to political parties, can be interrupted and reset. FDR did this once and someone like him can do it again. It's important to read and learn from historical examples of how other empires failed and to avoid rhyming historical patterns of unnecessary chaos.
Suggested reading:
- The Fourth Turning by Howe and Strauss
- The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson
As opposed to what? "Why can't we all just get along"?
It would be so great if the cycle of corruption could be interrupted to prevent the fall of civilization; but when has this ever happened?
Please remember FDR is still being called a communist in the MAGA universe, just as he was in the previous right-wing republican era.
The difference with NAGA is that it's actively dismantling the new deal benefits.
> assumes absence of agency
What agency? You can count your personal agency WRT US govt policy by counting the number of hundred million dollar blocks in your net worth.
Even after rereading, I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
The citations seem to contradict your statements, in that they seem to predict a decline into authoritarianism, whereas your text seems to dismiss the idea.
Personally, I feel the cheato committed treason with the assault on congress as the election was being certified. He should have been tried and convicted of this crime.
Now, the president isn't capable of committing a crime. How convenient. And Illustrative...
This is what hyperventilation looks like. When the elections in 26 and 28 and 30 happen the goal posts will be moved.
Everyone is racist is so trite and boring. The left is insane.
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