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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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1 posted on 08/29/2022 4:20:57 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

The left always crashes economies and destroys societies.


2 posted on 08/29/2022 4:21:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

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.


3 posted on 08/29/2022 4:25:12 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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To: MtnClimber

A 3rd world banana republic but without the nice sandy beaches and coconut palm trees.


4 posted on 08/29/2022 4:28:56 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: MtnClimber
Yep. Three signs:








5 posted on 08/29/2022 4:29:25 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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To: MtnClimber

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.


6 posted on 08/29/2022 4:29:36 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

We can’t save all of the USA but I feel like we could save huge chunks of it.


7 posted on 08/29/2022 4:29:36 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I have the same concern. I am glad I was born when I was instead of today!


8 posted on 08/29/2022 4:29:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: IAGeezer912

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.


9 posted on 08/29/2022 4:40:36 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: MtnClimber

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.


10 posted on 08/29/2022 4:40:44 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Damn it! We need Trump! America First! Bring America back! We're being governed by fascists.)
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To: rlmorel

Parter, you hit a homerun with the pics of our greatest clown evah!!!

11 posted on 08/29/2022 4:45:00 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: MtnClimber

Pretty accurate description of where we are.


12 posted on 08/29/2022 4:57:26 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: I want the USA back
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.

We have the worst POTUS evah and it is currently occupied by the worst evah POTUS!!!

The Congress is the worst Congress evah and we will see what happens when you have corruption like we have right now after the November elections.

We have corruption like we have never seen in all departments of government in D.C.

I hope we have some sort of decency in our Supreme Court.

This POTUS Biden really does not bring out the best in America, because Biden's son will be embroiled in the form of corruption.

Biden is trying his best with his DemonRat friends in .D.C. to not put the spot light on his son "Hunter Biden".

Also, this supposedly POTUS Biden is not all there since we definitely know he is missing a quite a few brain cells and Biden is definitely in the Alzheimer's stage and Dementia stage.

Look at Afghanistan!!! This debacle in Afghanistan tells us we should never put a guy like Biden as POTUS.

13 posted on 08/29/2022 5:04:52 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: rlmorel

14 posted on 08/29/2022 5:06:39 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris
Joe Rogan is another supporter of the ongoing banana republic coup d'état...

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15 posted on 08/29/2022 5:09:33 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: MtnClimber

16 posted on 08/29/2022 5:09:57 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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-The Uniparty selects the most ignorant citizens as candidates for political positions.

-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

17 posted on 08/29/2022 5:10:53 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: central_va
"We can't save all of the USA but I feel like we could save huge chunks of it."

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..

18 posted on 08/29/2022 5:14:59 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: newfreep

Yeah, I seem to recall that Joe Rogan has a severe case of TDS, too.


19 posted on 08/29/2022 5:15:34 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: TheConservativeTejano

LOL, reasons #1,2,and 3!


20 posted on 08/29/2022 5:27:45 AM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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