Not to get all hyperbolic, but the Loyalists also convinced themselves that if they'd just try to make the best of the status quo, things would eventually work out.
The reality however, was that a despotic oligarch had determined we were to be a vassal state, and despite a couple of bandaids, the frog was in the pot from '70-'75.
It took a Revolution to slap some reality into George's imperious skull, and tho it would be preferable to somehow avoid v2, every passing day under the Quislings' thumbs makes it less likely.
The GOPe despises us, almost as fervently as does the traitorous Left, and there's not even a whiff of hyperbole therein.
And yet .. AND YET .. knowing I traded in 3.5 decades of (R) registration for an (I) the day after the CF of 2012, the avaricious maggots STILL bombard my email inbox daily, begging for $$ to fund their complicity in my own serfdom.
Perhaps my perspective is atypical as: I'm an older fella with no kids; this ecønømy has destroyed my little shop; and there's not enough Christianity in me to eschew true hatred of the Left.
And having declared thus, it may be best that the whole thing comes crashing down in hopes of someday being rebuilt and maintained with due respect and adherence to the original genius of our Founding.
Because make no mistake: this suicidal path the GOP Quislings are cheerfully abetting IS leading what's left of this country to an inevitable implosion regardless.
Well, I feel like that some days, too. Sometimes, I think it’s better if the whole thing comes crashing down and then start over. But, on reflection, I realize I have no clue as to the hell on earth this would create.