@Rich, If a government doesn't exist in order to protect every one of her citizens, what's the point of having a government?
If you can answer that one, you're good:-)
According to Pres. Thomas Jefferson, paraphrasing a bit, if the government no longer serves the will of the people, the people have the right to overthrow the government. If you argue that Donald J. Trump represents the will of the (American) people, then the country is in extra deep trouble and the people's will ought to be re-examined.....and corrected to reflect the universal human desire for common decency!
The government does not protect. It deters. "We Serve and Protect" on police cars is a lie...Under US laws, police are not legally required to respond to 911 calls.
If they do, the average time is 12 minutes...
You are expected to protect your own ass. Hence, gated communities, private guards, doors with locks, and the Second Amendment, including concealed or open carry.
That's why the USSC ruled that any fees to own a gun are illegal since rights cannot be taxed.
I repeat, should the US government renege on her Constitutional DUTY to protect and defend each of her citizens with whom she is entrusted, it should come as no surprise whatsoever that there's as much seemingly random gun violence and lashing out at others as there already is in the country!
The average, normal, aware human can only take so much marginalization and outright neglect before they snap.
I quote once more those lines from Langston Hughes:
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun, or does it explode?"
And what then happens to a life deferred owing to chronic, infantile, nonchalant indifference by society at large?? If there's an explosion, you just better hope and pray it doesn't explode in your face-:)
The US-Constitution can be looked at on line and needs no cursory interpretation on this forum, Maf! Its meaning and purpose are crystal clear; to protect and defend her citizens at any and all costs, either by means of the state militia or by the third branch of our government, namely, the Judicial System otherwise known as The Supreme Court.
We saw what happens in a society such as Nazi Germany in which the concept of democracy was corrupted by a single individual "leader" and where all organs subsumed under said system remained complicit in the dereliction of their duty and the very basis of 'rule by law" was unrecognizably corrupted so that the new regime determined what they "felt" was law and what wasn't.
Simply put, Trump and his followers don't understand their basic responsibilities to their electorate. If it's every man for himself, then this is no longer a democracy but rather a free-for-all a la "Lord of the Flies", whereby the adult world of law, order, above all justice, is replaced by the infantile world of the strongest bully survives and winner take all.
This is no longer a country, but a disgrace, as much a laughing stock as it is a crying shame. There are some immutable absolutes in life, one of which is that distorting humanity by making righteousness a joke befouls the whole human race and reduces society to nothing other than scum.
Only 38% of Americans are satisfied with Trump's policies... well, that's not bad, because only 18% of Germans are satisfied with Merz's policies... apparently.
....Merz is balloon full of hot air...most of what he promised his voters to become Chancellor has been thrown into the bin already, with more to come. Not even Scholz before was that unpopular!
I fully expect a full cooperation with the Left next, just to stay in power! That will be the official end of the good old CDU, something which Merkel started...
On Twitter, there are funny posts going around - centered on a video clip where Merz says Germany is the most beautiful country in the world.
As proof, he says he was in Brazil recently - and couldn't be thankful enough to return to Germany. In addition, 20 of the journalists in his press entourage apparently also agreed that Brazils sucks and Germany is much better.
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This guy is real world class diplomat!
The Brazilians are upset for some reason... but what can you do?
....actually talking his mind without thinking and unconcerned about the audience is NOT one of his worst traits...rather refreshing after so much useless politician blahblah.....but so absolutely not suitable for such a high position...it's zum Mäusemelken!
Sticking to the American form of government, the Constitution of the United States of America maintains a sworn obligation and built-in responsibility to safeguard its citizens from both the excesses of State powers as well as harm from her enemies, both foreign or domestic.
Without such safeguards, might as well call it jungle rule and chuck the US-Constitution right out the window.
While the Trump/Putin analogy does beg comparison, Trump's plans for acquiring non-US territories such as Greenland, perhaps even English-speaking Canada, surely point uncomfortably closer to The Fuehrer's designs on much of the civilized world for the sole purposes of fulfilling his own ideological agenda as well as enriching the Reich. Hitler had no respect for the rule of law, neither does Trump, with Putin following a close second. Hitler threw infantile tantrums if he felt he wouldn't get his way and Trump's not too different. Hitler, maybe Putin as well, felt he had solely himself to answer to, only the for- mer had a deep and abiding contempt for Christianity, in particular, the idea of "conscience". Hitler believed that empathy was tantamount to weakness, so does Trump. The only key difference between the two men (Putin included) is that Hitler believed in the concept of a Father State which would provide for its citizens whereas Trump, as with Reagan, believes in small government, coded language for "Yer on yer own, pal!!! Ya can't make it by yerself, well, get rich quick or starve to death on yer own time!"
....that Hitler believed in the concept of a Father State which would provide for its citizens....
...but don't you dare ever compare Hitler to a Leftie....or calling "National-SOCIALISM" a leftist ideology....they (the modern Left) will come for your throat!!!
National Socialism was essentially born and bred in the same country which gave us the concepts both of cradle-to-grave Social Security as well as labor unions!
Exactly. He just makes up nonsence bc he suffers from an extreme case of TDS
"Yer on yer own, pal!!! Ya can't make it by yerself, well, get rich quick or starve to death on yer own time!"
This wasn't a meltdown, it was a full emotional Chernobyl. You cranked out another one of your eight-paragraph fever dreams where Hitler, Putin, Greenland, Christianity, and Reagan all somehow end up in the same blender. Psycho!
You don't debate. You ramble like a conspiracy podcaster who lost his microphone and is now yelling at the wallpaper. lol
It's wild how many words you can burn through while still dodging reality like it's a tax collector.
And the funniest part? After all that noise, you still haven't made a point. Just another day of you shadowboxing the demons only you can see!
Hes just another leftist sheep who blindly swallows whatever the fake-news machine feeds him.
Honestly, at this point I'm starting to wonder if he's actually a guy at all or just a white woke Karen in disguise, masquerading as a "tough" forum warrior while clutching a reusable tote bag and a feelings journal.
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