Evil.
No other word for it.
Well, these days “elected Democrat” is at least one other phrase for it.
(Inflation Reduction Act)
Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi knew that the MSM soundbite would work on those who, over and over again, are easily-fooled and dumb enough to support them.
Lying, cheating, steeling, has become normal and acceptable for our government.
We are immoral. The values we spread today are homosexuality, abortion, materialism, globalism (oppression of national/cultural identities as well as religion), censorship, big centralized government, economic expansionism (what the Ukraine conflict is about).
—We are politically everything we once stood against before the 1990s-2000s. The speeches of Reagan no longer represent what we export politically.
—Today, culturally seen, a Norman Rockwell picture is offensive and sending the wrong message.
We have changed a lot - and very quickly.
The only difference between us and what we once called the “evil empire” is that we come up with cool names for what we do, like:
Extraordinary rendition: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-110shrg40379/html/CHRG-110shrg40379.htm (That’s called kidnapping)
Enhanced interrogation: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CRPT-113srpt288.pdf (That’s called torture)
Or we just slap a secret stamp on it and no one in the media talks about it: https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream (that is state sponsored terrorism)
***When you no longer have a semblance of God or apply the US Constitution, what boundaries are there?***
With values like ours today, internally the Republic (rule of law) and democratic process will inevitably become meaningless. Externally, we will eventually become a pariah on the world stage.