Is Anonymous saving the country or thwarting democracy?

He/she seems to argue both that the internal resistance is saving a conservative agenda from Trump's ill-informed populism and that it is saving America from a dangerous infant with nuclear weapons.

Anonymous seems to make no distinction between the two motivations. But the first is a subversion of democracy. It certainly makes Anonymous a coward, at best.

The second denotes a massive failure of the political class, and especially the Republican Party as an institution. And it makes Anonymous the best among cowards.

What do others think?

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SW-User

wish this post made sense; either way, the andwer to the title question is... neither.

WoodyAq · M

@SW-User Explain?

SW-User

@WoodyAq with or without Anonymous, the country shall not be lost and democracy shall not be thwarted.

WoodyAq · M

@SW-User Hmmmm. But it seems key parts of it are being lost (by Trump's attacks on the rule of law) and are right now being actively thwarted- either by the "Steady State" or by the Republican party covering for Trump's unfitness. Or both.

SW-User

@WoodyAq nothing is permanent in politics. the pendulum will swing back in the other direction soon enough.

WoodyAq · M

@SW-User That may be over optimistic ...

I wonder how many Americans realize that the situation so common in other countries: political instability, crisis, economic collapse, state failure, etc. are the result of people consciously making bad choices, while telling themselves and others that the choices aren't [i]that[/i] bad.

Take any historic crisis, and rewind 5-10 years, you'll find a bunch of people dismissing the alarmists.

SW-User

@WoodyAq i’m not attempting to dismiss alarmists. they are definitely part of the process of the pendulum swinging back in the other direction.

WoodyAq · M

@SW-User How much damage will be done in the meantime?

SW-User

@WoodyAq not enough that the future won’t be able to ameliorate it.

WoodyAq · M

@SW-User I hope you are right. I'm not as optimistic, given the current state of discourse.

SW-User

@WoodyAq i’m not optimistic, i’m realistic.

WoodyAq · M

@SW-User Hmmm. So were a lot of people who dismissed the idea that they were marching into purgatory. Or worse.

SW-User

@WoodyAq incorrect; that is not an example of realism, it’s an example of complacency. and purgatory is merely a theory, at this point.