[Noumenon]

Yes, I believe that would do it. That’s why I think that trouble’s inevitable. They’ve backed themselves into a corner, haven’t they?

[Travis McGee]

I think that there are many centripetal forces in our society working to pull us apart along many weak fault lines. Race, ideology etc etc.

If and when our economy “goes Argentina” is when we will see the volcano explode.

[bootless]

That’s what concerns me, too. But here’s another layer - Cass Sunstein and the other regulatory ministers are in place. Do you think that they would decide that the cost-benefit ratio of canceling elections would not be worth it to them (never mind the inherent evilness of it), and that they would move their takeover efforts to the non-elective side of the balance sheet?

You know - it all looks normal from the voters’ point of view, but they continue to shove stuff through off the elective books?