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Three Signs We’re in a Banana Republic
American Thinker ^ | 29 Aug, 2022 | J.B. Shurk

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!

SNIP

(2) Selective prosecution and political persecution:

The federal Leviathan has two standing orders...

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism
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To: SaveFerris

Love that movie!


21 posted on 08/29/2022 5:28:10 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: rlmorel

Only one reason.....A DemoRat as Prezident....happens every time it’s tried.


22 posted on 08/29/2022 5:35:10 AM PDT by mastertex (mastertex)
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To: rlmorel; SaveFerris

Office Space test scenes with REAL Michael Bolton

VERY funny 1:46... if you like “Office Space”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03lrL9CFWxM


23 posted on 08/29/2022 5:48:54 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: mastertex

Of course, your statement does indeed boil it down!


24 posted on 08/29/2022 5:55:36 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: MtnClimber

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!


that school board is in “woke” trouble

the “woke” says that men can have vulvas

just like women can have penises


25 posted on 08/29/2022 6:09:32 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: MtnClimber

I [just] don’t understand how our society is SO stupid to continue believing these BS lies. It’s history 101——there ain’t much too it!


26 posted on 08/29/2022 6:09:44 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: MtnClimber

the LEFT is why we cannot have nice things


27 posted on 08/29/2022 6:10:08 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: MtnClimber

Another sign: The Resident of the White House is dumber than a bunch of bananas. 🤓


28 posted on 08/29/2022 6:24:49 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: TheConservativeTejano

Don’t insult clowns, they are more useful than the Resident.


29 posted on 08/29/2022 6:27:44 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: ClearCase_guy

2A?


30 posted on 08/29/2022 9:07:10 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: Travis McGee
FBI/DOJ/CIA/CDC/FDA/NSA/DOD/??? = Banana boat Departments:


31 posted on 08/30/2022 9:12:24 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Anyone, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.!" ~ (Voltaire)!!)
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