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HumblyTossed a day ago

Indeed it is. But that’s the point Miller, etc are trying to make.

We’re so screwed. Good luck to us ever building up goodwill again.

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pstuart a day ago | parent [-]

It will take generations -- if we even get the chance.

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consensus1 a day ago | parent [-]

We'll be fine. It didn't take Germany & Japan that long after they started WWII

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GolfPopper a day ago | parent [-]

Who's going to conquer the United States and restore rule of law and representative government by force?

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0xDEAFBEAD a day ago | parent [-]

By default we'll have a change of president in 2-3 years. Like Karl Popper said, the primary strength of democracy is the ability to remove bad leaders with minimal violence.

	▲	pstuart 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I hope so. J6 was effectively a practice run. The midterms will be a key predictor, as there's a realistic forecast that there will be a "national emergency" or some other mechanism to fuck with voting. This would be paranoid ramblings more than 10 years ago but today is a legitimate concern.