The U.S. has never really been a democracy, with White male property owners being the only ones originally allowed to vote. And don’t even get me started on the electoral college. The founding fathers may have said they wanted no kings, but they themselves were privileged and designed our government only for people like them, the rest of us be damned. And now, look where we are, with empathy-deficient, selfish, coddled, Christofascist White male billionaires who like sniffing their own farts calling all the shots. How about a real Revolution that values *everyone*? Burn this exploitive system (including capitalism) to the ground and replace it with a *real* democracy, one that actually lives up to the “America! Fuck yeah!” propaganda we’re bombarded with in school.
Democracy in the U.S. is dying quickly right now. There's still a little life left but it's withering fast. I'm watching law firms capitulate out of fear. State governors being attacked, federal entitlements being taken away more and more every week. International tourism is at a near standstill. Famous economists, billionaires and bank executives are preparing for a depression like we had in 1930.
I am seeing countries around the world start to turn away from the U.S. and start taking care of their own interests, with Canada leading the charge. It won't be much longer before a lot of other countries will do the same on a larger scale. My concern is what might happen to Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and Australia, who have been very dependent on the U.S. economy up until now. Europe also but to a different degree. I hope the rest of the world will find a way to protect themselves from Trump's madness.
As for people like me, I don't know anymore. I'm looking for an escape plan in case I need it. I hope I don't but it doesn't look good. Millions of Americans are in danger right now and I'm worried more about personal safety going forward as people start to become desperate. We're not there yet but if things don't turn around very soon, the incident at the Pennsylvania governor's mansion will be nothing compared to what people will start doing out of anger.
The Sanders/Cortes rallies are a good start but I don't think they will be able to stop the Trump onslaught to U.S. democracy. It's only a matter of time before he announces another national emergency and declares martial law. He's just looking for the right excuse.
Declaring the strip of land the makes up the physical southern border a military reservation is just one more way to seal things up. No one in, no one out. After that, it's only a matter of time. Canada may think the U.S. is just a bad neighbor now but wait until he declares martial law, closes the northern border, and all of the airports to international travel. Canada needs to have plans in place to handle that just in case. Especially since there is already an uptick in asylum seekers trying to cross your borders now. Wait until Trump closes the border. Let's hope that doesn't come to pass.
The SAVE Act did pass the House, but it still has to go through the Senate. And before it can be brought to a vote, it has to pass “cloture” ( I believe that’s the word) to close debate. Cloture requires 60 yes votes to pass. The current Senate makeup is 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats/Independents. So there needs to be 7 Democrats to vote for cloture. The chances of that happening are slim to none.
Yet, it is still a possibility. So every American should call their Senators, REGARDLESS of their party, to tell them that the SAVE Act cannot pass, and that they should make sure they do everything they can to stop it.
The word "sneaky" comes to mind. This administration gives me the ick. You know that slimy car salesman feel? That's the ick they give me.
The U.S. has never really been a democracy, with White male property owners being the only ones originally allowed to vote. And don’t even get me started on the electoral college. The founding fathers may have said they wanted no kings, but they themselves were privileged and designed our government only for people like them, the rest of us be damned. And now, look where we are, with empathy-deficient, selfish, coddled, Christofascist White male billionaires who like sniffing their own farts calling all the shots. How about a real Revolution that values *everyone*? Burn this exploitive system (including capitalism) to the ground and replace it with a *real* democracy, one that actually lives up to the “America! Fuck yeah!” propaganda we’re bombarded with in school.
Democracy in the U.S. is dying quickly right now. There's still a little life left but it's withering fast. I'm watching law firms capitulate out of fear. State governors being attacked, federal entitlements being taken away more and more every week. International tourism is at a near standstill. Famous economists, billionaires and bank executives are preparing for a depression like we had in 1930.
I am seeing countries around the world start to turn away from the U.S. and start taking care of their own interests, with Canada leading the charge. It won't be much longer before a lot of other countries will do the same on a larger scale. My concern is what might happen to Canada, Mexico, Japan, South Korea and Australia, who have been very dependent on the U.S. economy up until now. Europe also but to a different degree. I hope the rest of the world will find a way to protect themselves from Trump's madness.
As for people like me, I don't know anymore. I'm looking for an escape plan in case I need it. I hope I don't but it doesn't look good. Millions of Americans are in danger right now and I'm worried more about personal safety going forward as people start to become desperate. We're not there yet but if things don't turn around very soon, the incident at the Pennsylvania governor's mansion will be nothing compared to what people will start doing out of anger.
The Sanders/Cortes rallies are a good start but I don't think they will be able to stop the Trump onslaught to U.S. democracy. It's only a matter of time before he announces another national emergency and declares martial law. He's just looking for the right excuse.
Declaring the strip of land the makes up the physical southern border a military reservation is just one more way to seal things up. No one in, no one out. After that, it's only a matter of time. Canada may think the U.S. is just a bad neighbor now but wait until he declares martial law, closes the northern border, and all of the airports to international travel. Canada needs to have plans in place to handle that just in case. Especially since there is already an uptick in asylum seekers trying to cross your borders now. Wait until Trump closes the border. Let's hope that doesn't come to pass.
The SAVE Act did pass the House, but it still has to go through the Senate. And before it can be brought to a vote, it has to pass “cloture” ( I believe that’s the word) to close debate. Cloture requires 60 yes votes to pass. The current Senate makeup is 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats/Independents. So there needs to be 7 Democrats to vote for cloture. The chances of that happening are slim to none.
Yet, it is still a possibility. So every American should call their Senators, REGARDLESS of their party, to tell them that the SAVE Act cannot pass, and that they should make sure they do everything they can to stop it.