I'm beginning to think we're in for some bloody warz.
Boris Johnson is PM promising a no-deal Brexit. Already there's speculation that the pound will fall to 1 USD. Our own BJ has inflamed the Straits of Hormuz in addition to fanning the flames of the ever present racism at home. Adherents to non-violence have oft been faced with the question, "We had to go to war to rid ourselves of Hitler, didn't we?" And that question, I think, rears its head again. If it is true that we had to have a World War to rid ourselves (however temporarily) of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei doctrine, are we not now again in need of such a global war? This time, perhaps, to coincide with a modern US Civil War?
I'd like to think such is not required. But does anyone really think that the 40% of Americans who still support Drumpf can be safely reincorporated into a fair and just society? I can't see it. If the Brits do march off the edge of the earth behind their Pied Piper of Bullshit, the pain they self-inflict might, might bring the Brexiteers back to reason. IMO, the jury remains out on that score. But our Drumpf supporters here? I believe their ship has sailed. They are irredeemable. A truly bloody, protracted war may be the only method available of purging them for they are most often over-represented in the armed forces during war time.
I've apologized more than once over my failure to grasp just how terrible 40% of us are, but I'll do it again. I knew we'd had it when, for a large group of Americans, it somehow became "Un-American" to be an "Anti-Fascist." I'm old enough to remember when Americans - all of them - opposed fascism in all its flavors. Such is not the case anymore and I'm left with the question, "Что делать?"
I'd like to think such is not required. But does anyone really think that the 40% of Americans who still support Drumpf can be safely reincorporated into a fair and just society? I can't see it. If the Brits do march off the edge of the earth behind their Pied Piper of Bullshit, the pain they self-inflict might, might bring the Brexiteers back to reason. IMO, the jury remains out on that score. But our Drumpf supporters here? I believe their ship has sailed. They are irredeemable. A truly bloody, protracted war may be the only method available of purging them for they are most often over-represented in the armed forces during war time.
I've apologized more than once over my failure to grasp just how terrible 40% of us are, but I'll do it again. I knew we'd had it when, for a large group of Americans, it somehow became "Un-American" to be an "Anti-Fascist." I'm old enough to remember when Americans - all of them - opposed fascism in all its flavors. Such is not the case anymore and I'm left with the question, "Что делать?"
