Posted on 08/29/2022 4:20:57 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Satirist Sol Luckman defines “banana republic” in his irreverent glossary, The Angel’s Dictionary, as a “lawless society where the monkeys rule.”
Looking around the United States today, it’s hard to say we don’t fit his meaning. Nearly 80% of Americans believe we live under a two-tiered system of justice. Likewise, in Gallup’s recent survey of Americans’ confidence in U.S. institutions, it notes, “This year’s poll marks new lows in confidence for all three branches of the federal government — the Supreme Court (25%), the presidency (23%) and Congress.” Of sixteen institutions tested, confidence in the U.S. Congress sits at the very bottom with a scant 7%! Even though there is now “record-low confidence across all institutions,” confidence in the Office of the Presidency suffered the largest year-over-year drop in 2022 — cratering 15%! In other words, not only do Americans believe the country is lawless, they’re also convinced that it is being run by a barrel of monkeys! Clearly, Americans “get” that we’re living in a “banana republic” today.
Just consider these three telltale signs:
(1) Manipulation of language and mandatory leftist religion:
The political Left’s most potent weapon is its penchant for undermining the meaning of words. For decades Democrats have branded anything antithetical to their worldview as “hateful” and banned “offending” viewpoints from civic culture altogether. When “authorities” deconstruct biological sex so preposterously that they can’t even tell the difference between boys and girls, though, they’ve lost the plot. One school board in Wisconsin is so fearful of the language police crashing through its doors that it has replaced all references to “girls” with sterilized language concerning a “person with a vulva.” When “teachers” are afraid to say “girl” out loud, it’s banana republic time!
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(2) Selective prosecution and political persecution:
The federal Leviathan has two standing orders...
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The left always crashes economies and destroys societies.
Given the current state of our population and our culture, I don’t see how we make a comeback. I think we’ve lost what the Founders gave us.
A 3rd world banana republic but without the nice sandy beaches and coconut palm trees.
The left always calls us a democracy because they want majority rule. Doing away with the electoral college would accomplish that. New York City and LA would be the only place presidential candidates would visit.
We can’t save all of the USA but I feel like we could save huge chunks of it.
I have the same concern. I am glad I was born when I was instead of today!
If America were a “democracy” it would have fallen apart long ago. Democracy leads to dictatorship. That’s why democrats want democracy over republicanism. They want dictatorship, as long as they are the dictators, of course.
Are they rating the office? the institution? Or the performance of the current office holders? Any poll should make it very clear what is being rated. This one does not.
There is nothing wrong with the presidency, the two-house congressional system, the institution of the Supreme Court, as defined in the Constitution. What’s wrong is how the current occupant of the Oval Office, and about half of congress, are corrupt. They, democrats, lift their middle finger at the Constitution and deserve a zero rating.
Pretty accurate description of where we are.
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-Not just a lack of border enforcement but government agents and politicians aiding illegal alien invaders.
-Legalized drugs
-Indoctrination in schools
-Government colluding with Propaganda Media to outright lie to citizens
-Citizens held in prison without trial nor legal representation
-Government employees go unpunished after being caught committing crimes
-Unidentified people on government contracts
-Hidden government contracts for shell companies with no oversight
I think we could save the best of it, the so called "Bread Basket".. But, lets not be naive, we WILL need to defend it..
Yeah, I seem to recall that Joe Rogan has a severe case of TDS, too.
LOL, reasons #1,2,and 3!
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