How are we going to restore the Constitutional Republic if the adherents have such a low level of personal decorum and refuse to engage in discussions in an ethical manner?
It's looking more and more like through bloodshed. You don't generally find much conversation or ethical behavior on the battlefield.
Do you honestly think that a Conservative can win California in the rest of our years (say 2050 to pick a nice round number by which year I will likely be just a memory).
Where is the question mark? I can't tell if you're asking a question or making a statement.
But, in your own way you have answered the larger question. You expect that it's going to take "bloodshed" of some sort to restore the Republic.
That's a sad thing to contemplate. But we've been contemplating it for a long time here. I've been the co-owner of the Civil War II ping list for maybe 15 years now.
Even that option I see slipping further away.
I think the best that can reasonably be hoped for is a fracturing of the USA, similar to the USSR's break up, where some "captive states" manage to time a break-away just right and pull it off.
Like Poland, Estonia, Hungary and the Czech Republic did in 1989. Of course many other Soviet States didn't make the break and are now stuck in the reconstituted Totalitarian Russian Empire.
And even that may not occur. The USSR system failed, ours seems to drag along, I'm not sure we will ever get the "1989" moment here, and without it, I'm not sure any State will be able to break away.
I would like to see more radical parties in the States.
The Solidarity example is a good one, that movement was key to winning the restoration of Poland. Sadly, I don't see much sign of it.
Our one great hope is Trump, who came out of nowhere and won an amazing victory. He's awesome, but so many stand against him. It's hard to believe he can overcome everything.
It's been so infuriating to watch the DOJ and FBI repeatedly refuse to answer subpoenas from the House, as if it's optional, and they are a independent 4th branch of Government.
That's just one example. He won by a couple hundred thousand strategically placed votes in 2016. I don't know that he will be able to do that again. The DNC cheating machine will be in high gear.
Interesting times.
Ciao, for now.