>>>>”Our country is gone. Don’t waste your tears.”
I’m sorry to say so, but I think you’re right.
The remnants of the original republic wrought by the Founders disappeared with this election.
The cruel truth is this: the majority of Americans no longer want a republic. I think the pessimism of Mark Steyn and Thomas Sowell was justified; we’ve passed a “tipping point”, at least in terms of the majority’s aspirations regarding themselves and their relation to centralized power: they LIKE the idea of being dependent . . . so long as everyone is more or less equally dependent.
The celebrations among my colleagues at work was interspersed with venomous words regarding the “evil rich”, and how Romney favored nothing except “tax cuts for the rich.” We can all expect to hear, read, and see a lot more of that kind of thing going forward.
And by the way, judging by the recent history of welfare states in Europe, I think we’ll also hear, read, and see a lot more anti-Semitism in the U.S.