[I don’t want to be loved and admired, I want to be feared.]
The Soviet Union was feared -- How'd that work out again?Evidently some folks appreciated the USA's lawful mandate to secure their inalienable rights... more than they "feared" the nature of the Soviet Union to tyrannically suppress them.
[Neither math nor typing are my strengths!]
Better add logic, reason, and historical observation to the list.
A Republic, is a system - of government characterized by the Rule of Law; and when the law fails, the Republic fails.
Now, what is the purpose of American law, articulated by the Declaration of Independence?
"TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS"
Thus, if the American Republic fails -- then American government Of, By and For the People, fails.
QE1, QE2 - Going Going..
GONZO!
Feared? Nah, Hunter S. Thompson was "feared" - but only because he was bat-shyte crazy, unpredictable, and well armed.
In this American Republic -- RESPECT for the Law trumps Fear and Loathing (or loving) in Las Vegas. Too bad Gonzo never grasped that, right up til he blew his feared libertardian brains all over the kitchen ceiling.