I urge everyone to support Thom Hartmann,he is one of the few truth tellers left, that hasn't in some form gone over to the dark side
And off topic. I just found out that the government has been using the MQ9 Reaper drone, the same drone used in the Middle East and Afghanistan to target terrorists, to monitor protests, and facial recognition AI in conjunction.
All protestors should wear masks, however California's new anti mask law, will cause us to violate the law, while ICE will continue to ignore it.
Does anyone but a fool think that ICE or the Federal govenment is going to comply with a state law, or that the California Hiway Patrol or L.A. county Sheriff or city police will even touch a glove on ICE and CBP.
Thom--You may recall many of my posts over time that called out concerns with the basic system of a presidential republic. Of the types of democracies that slide into authoritarianism, those with a president as head of state seem to be more prone to such a decay.
So my question now is, where do we go from here? The concerning issue is that large sprawling empires tend to fragment not just turn into dictatorships. That happened with Rome (first split in two and then fragmentation into fiefdoms), the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, USSR, Prussian Empire, etc. Fragmentation is often not a pretty thing and can be quite violent.
I am not seeing any commentator who understands this path even proposing a sustainable devolved structure. That would be a great place for you to start a next book on "What's next?"
The "roadmap for survival" mentions broken systems. Our systems are not broken. They are infected with bad people who have taken control of the mechanisms of government and using them for personal gain.. These people need to be removed. Laws are not being enforced. Voting is about as effective as it is in Russia. How do you propose to bring these bad people down?
I urge everyone to support Thom Hartmann,he is one of the few truth tellers left, that hasn't in some form gone over to the dark side
And off topic. I just found out that the government has been using the MQ9 Reaper drone, the same drone used in the Middle East and Afghanistan to target terrorists, to monitor protests, and facial recognition AI in conjunction.
All protestors should wear masks, however California's new anti mask law, will cause us to violate the law, while ICE will continue to ignore it.
Does anyone but a fool think that ICE or the Federal govenment is going to comply with a state law, or that the California Hiway Patrol or L.A. county Sheriff or city police will even touch a glove on ICE and CBP.
Thom--You may recall many of my posts over time that called out concerns with the basic system of a presidential republic. Of the types of democracies that slide into authoritarianism, those with a president as head of state seem to be more prone to such a decay.
So my question now is, where do we go from here? The concerning issue is that large sprawling empires tend to fragment not just turn into dictatorships. That happened with Rome (first split in two and then fragmentation into fiefdoms), the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, USSR, Prussian Empire, etc. Fragmentation is often not a pretty thing and can be quite violent.
I am not seeing any commentator who understands this path even proposing a sustainable devolved structure. That would be a great place for you to start a next book on "What's next?"
The "roadmap for survival" mentions broken systems. Our systems are not broken. They are infected with bad people who have taken control of the mechanisms of government and using them for personal gain.. These people need to be removed. Laws are not being enforced. Voting is about as effective as it is in Russia. How do you propose to bring these bad people down?
Your roadmap for survival sounds right. We need to stop this regime now, before it sinks its claws in any further.