Democracy to our south has washed away like a sandcastle in the rising tide. It is too late to to stop the erosion now. The rule of law and court system is now meaningless; amendments to the constitution itself can be arbitrarily signed away by a single hand of an autocratic ruler. The United States is no longer a democracy.
Money, power, and foreign influence have converged behind a demagogue who effectively harnesses plebiscite rage and distracts a la bread and circuses while the real agendas roll out. Unelected billionaires strut through the people’s halls defining policy. Was it really that easy? Just keep tossing out the sacrificial red (scapegoat) meat, rinse, and repeat. No need for a successful coup (and besides, you can simply pardon those who try that more taxing route); the system has rotted from within.
This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper. – T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men
