It's surprising how quickly a country can fall prey to demagogues. After all, the Weimar Republic fell apart within a few short years and gave way to one of the most villainous regimes in history.
In 7 short months the US is a shadow of its former self and will continue to get worse until the impulses of the current regime are stopped. The hypocrites with the crosses are making a mockery of what good governance is supposed to be and it's hard to stomach as they fawn over a drooling idiot who can't stay off social media.
The problem is that the composition of societies is roughly the same in each nation. You have the obtuse and disinterested, you have the hopelessly gullible, you have the nefarious and self interested and then you have intelligent people trying to do their best but are outnumbered by the rest.
Therefore if a nation is taken over by the wrong crowd there isn't much one can do other than wait for the realization of the people that they are facing tyranny and must rise up against it. That terminal point is undoubtedly different for each country and each era has its particular set of criteria which hinders a public outcry.
Nothing surprises me anymore but what interests me is watching for that moment when the lights come on in sufficient numbers and the tide finally turns.
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