Americans are hoping the system will self-correct

Protests against Trump have not been as large or as militant as they could be. I believe this is due to people believing our institutions will eventually rein in Trump and his collaborators. Perhaps in the mid-term 2026 election. In the past it has generally always worked that way. But now, the system will NOT self-correct.

The institutions that normally steady the ship of state have been corrupted.

The terrible Citizens United decision of 2010 flooded our political system with dark money (bribes).
Republicans in congress are allowing Trump to engage in illegal, unconstitutional actions. Six members of the supreme court have also allowed Trump to engage in treasonous, unconstitutional actions.
The Justice Department has been corrupted.
Checks and balances has been disrupted.
Trump is violating international and U.S. law with attacks on Venezuela, threats to Greenland, threats to Canada.

We the People are going to have to rescue ourselves. We are the Calvary. The time is now to depose Trump and his cabinet.

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BohoBabe · M

The system will self-correct in that the current path is unsustainable. The question is how bad do things need to get, how long do people have to suffer, until the public pushes back?

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@BohoBabe In the long term, maybe. But it took quite a bit of persuading to correct for Japan and Germany.....Personally I dont want to see a repeat. 😷

BohoBabe · M

@whowasthatmaskedman Fascism always burns itself out, Germany and Japan are good examples of that. But yeah, in the time it took for those countries to go through Fascism, millions of people were murdered.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@BohoBabe Sadly, if millions had not fought and bled and global economies has not spent $Trillions to oust them, they would rule today..My one comfort here is that America is making every mistake Germany made last time.. The bad news is that China will be the new America..😷

BohoBabe · M

@whowasthatmaskedman I think they would have burned themselves out, as Fascism always does. Spain and Portugal were also fascist at the time, but they're back to being democratic now.
Fascism doesn't last that long, but it does cause lots of suffering in the time it takes to fall in on itself.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@BohoBabe As long as the Fascism is purely economic, it burns out. Because it consumes more than it produces. Hence Russias need to acquire Crimea and Ukraine...And then we have aggression..😷

BohoBabe · M

@whowasthatmaskedman It depends on how we're defining Fascism. I think it's best defined as a form of Totalitarianism that tries to mold society toward social Conservatism. So the Soviet Union was totalitarian under Lenin, but not fascist. Monarchy is authoritarian, but not totalitarian because the king generally left people alone as long as they paid their taxes. Though there have been periods that we can call fascist under Monarchy, such as the Spanish Inquisition.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@BohoBabe Yes. I accept those points totally. Now here is the catch. A free market economy. (like Unicorns.. No such beast) tends to produce more than it consumes, through reinvestment and innovation. In my terms, the pie gets bigger, so everyone gets a bigger slice.. An oligarchy, or Fascist economy can do the same. But it doesnt. People tend to take a little off the top and before you know it, everyone is doing it and the pie is actually shrinking. This is how Wall st and the banks make their money now. Not through investing. But by taking commissions from every transaction, win or lose. Wall St loves Day traders..
So the ultimate end to this is the economy over time actually shrinks, or fails to grow to its potential. Once confidence drops and the people find a safer/better investment (thats where we are with silver, gold and real estate) the market is one sneeze away from collapse.. So grabbing territory and resources is the way to stave that off for now...😷