The American character ain’t what it used to be. We have become a docile and unquestioning people.
Our legislatures don’t want to assume any responsibility either. They are weak and subservient to governors and bureaucracies.
Mafia tactics help
Yes, too many have become very docile. But if Biden takes office & convinces Governors across this country to institute some ridiculous lockdown for another 100 days, or make mask-wearing mandatory, we need to be ready to protest as the author suggests. If FReepers gathered with friends & neighbors in groups of 20 or more & started holding walk-in protests, the rest might wake up a bit. At least we’d screw up the court system with lots of stupid arrests for no crime.
People enjoy being sheep and that dog is working fo the man!
***We have become a docile and unquestioning people.***
We pay taxes:
Income, sales and property taxes!
We must have licenses for:
Driving, fishing, firearms, hunting, automobiles all of which expire and have to be renewed= more money!
Government oversight and permits (more money).
Medicine, hospitals and pharmacy.
Education.
Transportation. Airlines, railroad.
Building construction.
Federal, State and local government get our money anyway they can!!!!!
“ Our legislatures don’t want to assume any responsibility either. They are weak and subservient to governors and bureaucracies.”
The government class has become universally weak and ineffective at the actual job of governing because now it is all about amassing personal wealth and, primarily at the state and local levels, opening professional options for advancement by selling out to big money interests more effectively than the next politician in line. A government of sell outs and embezzlers.
The interests that spread money around most thickly control agendas with their purchased newly rich automatons. China, tech giants, defense industrialists, environmentalists, International trade and most importantly, international banks.
The idea of a Republic, a government of, by and for the people, is completely lost because you need to be bought and owned by the super big money to get in the club. A self-made man can never be in this club. Mitch McConnell is the the ideal poster-figure for this...but he’s just one of many. This system won’t last terribly long because it is built to collapse. China learning the game so well that it has become one of the biggest players tells you all you need to know about the longevity of this system - which I refer to as government of, by and for the government.