I have been voraciously reading history for most of my life. And I have come to a sad conclusion. Because as far as I can tell, a situation such as ours –a once Democratic nation slides into fascism-has almost never been turned around. Athens, Rome, Carthage, The Hapsburgs, all once glowing examples of statehood, collapsed under the weight of corruption and imperialism.
Of course it won’t be all bad. But it looks to me like we’re headed into a pretty bad downward spiral in some areas and I believe the next generation of Americans will live in a country that is a shadow of its former self. For the first time in history Americans will have considerably less than their grandparents and much less than other nations. All of us here on this site wait for the day the Constitution will be restored. We’re all waiting for the day when the bad guys get punished and "right thinking" will show up again.
This won’t happen. Here’s why.
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