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Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
40. The United States has existed as a nation less than 250 years.
Thu Jan 30, 2020, 03:01 PM
Jan 2020

Yeah, we're great and powerful right now with our economy and huge military but think of the empires that have last centuries longer that are no more.

We're told from birth how "special" we are just as their citizens no doubt were as well.

In the ebb and flow of time many nations have had their time in the sun. Ours may well be coming to an end with this nightmare of cleverly engineered rule by a minority.

There again, if enough of the majority rise up and act, we just may put and end to that and become worthy of the greatness we've been sold.

Once trump is named king by the Senate through acquittal hurple Jan 2020 #1
Well then i guess we may as well all give up and go home. totodeinhere Jan 2020 #10
Bet? -NT- jayfish Jan 2020 #12
Fair? Seriously? Republicans are giving him cart blanche to rig, cheat, Firestorm49 Jan 2020 #39
The Russians won the 2015 election by spreading false info via Social Media. The voters now napi21 Jan 2020 #95
This is just silly progressiveradical Jan 2020 #22
Welcome to DU! bdamomma Jan 2020 #67
Welcome to DU, progressiveradical. calimary Jan 2020 #97
or it will be fixed again. bdamomma Jan 2020 #66
Do you listen to podcasts? Corgigal Jan 2020 #2
Re: Plan B. I've been thinking the same thing wnylib Jan 2020 #15
listening to this right now study war no more Jan 2020 #25
Yes, that is our focus right now. Meantime, wnylib Jan 2020 #31
exactly. bdamomma Jan 2020 #68
How can that happen? Jarqui Jan 2020 #48
I share most of your feelings. Here is what wnylib Jan 2020 #75
I fear this will not end peacefully Jarqui Jan 2020 #84
That is my fear and concern, too, that the survival wnylib Jan 2020 #90
Whoever wins the Dem nomination Jarqui Jan 2020 #91
If the nominee is Biden, they will slam him wnylib Jan 2020 #92
I believe it was Nov 2013 that Republicans were testing ads Jarqui Jan 2020 #93
Welcome to DU, study war no more. calimary Jan 2020 #96
When in the course of Human Events. n/t MarcA Jan 2020 #33
You don't need a podcast - it's available on the NPR site csziggy Feb 2020 #104
Kick lunasun Jan 2020 #3
Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2020 #4
Me too! burrowowl Jan 2020 #61
the revolution may not be televised but the coup will be. nt Javaman Jan 2020 #5
You're an optimist. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2020 #6
I agree Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #24
The coup occurred in 2000. LisaM Jan 2020 #28
yep llashram Jan 2020 #47
That's right. We didn't fight hard enough right then, we rolled over for the sake of decorum. JudyM Jan 2020 #62
Al Gore fought to the Supreme Court. LisaM Jan 2020 #69
We didn't take issue with conflicts of interest on the court (Scalia should've recused) and we could JudyM Jan 2020 #71
It may have been a tactical error, but it doesn't imply lack of fight. LisaM Jan 2020 #73
I'd forgotten about Thomas' conflict. JudyM Jan 2020 #80
Yes, this was bdamomma Feb 2020 #102
Evan McMullin's Tweet is a bullseye.... joost5 Jan 2020 #37
Not surprising... didn't think I would live to see this day..but here we are Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #43
Somewhere down Trump's To-do list after November 3rd is CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #7
People like us might be among the executed. wnylib Jan 2020 #16
no. when fascists take over first purge is always their own party Captain Zero Jan 2020 #35
That's true. We are a collection of Nathan Hales and Benedict Arnold is president. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #50
Since Mr. Arnolld is so concerned about wnylib Jan 2020 #74
The country will continue to split, but the geographic divide cachukis Jan 2020 #8
The United States has existed as a nation less than 250 years. Ligyron Jan 2020 #40
The fall of Rome comes to mind. nt. druidity33 Jan 2020 #57
My only hope for our nations future is that 42bambi Jan 2020 #9
That happened election night 2016. Seriously. nt Baltimike Jan 2020 #11
If you remember there was a failed coup in 2012. defacto7 Jan 2020 #30
Yep....assuredly as bad as Ken Blackwell's stunt in '04. nt Baltimike Jan 2020 #41
If they get their way, there will be no way to reverse it as it will be the new precedent for infullview Jan 2020 #13
Battered Wife/Senate Syndrome Toorich Jan 2020 #14
I have felt sick to my stomach all morning. Karadeniz Jan 2020 #17
Facebook smears run like lightening among low info's. Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #18
BOYCOTT FB!! There are lots of other platforms one can use to stay in touch Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #44
Trust me...canceled out many years ago. The low infos Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #56
Trump's base is not expanding Politicub Jan 2020 #19
Love your ++++ thinking! This is the attitude we must keep moving forward Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #45
Does his base mean his approval? I have watched it Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #87
the coup already happened. what we are watching now is the passage of the enabling act. unblock Jan 2020 #20
Wow, you are so right. katmondoo Jan 2020 #70
you are right Tumbulu Jan 2020 #81
By all means, we should knock ourselves out wnylib Jan 2020 #21
We Are Early Stages Nightmare DallasNE Jan 2020 #23
Doom and gloom is not here yet. Instead of anticipating what could be here w/ the rump nitwits... SWBTATTReg Jan 2020 #26
+1000 Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #46
But EndlessWire Jan 2020 #52
It is REPUBLICANS !!!!!!!!! pangaia Jan 2020 #27
And McConnell bdamomma Feb 2020 #103
Brilliantly stated !!!!!!!!!!! pangaia Jan 2020 #29
In a sense we are watching a coup in real time. We all also watching a robust counter-offensive by Nitram Jan 2020 #32
My nightmare going forward Botany Jan 2020 #34
If trump declares himself SCVDem Jan 2020 #36
You Ingersollman Jan 2020 #51
Nice to know! SCVDem Jan 2020 #53
K&R! n/t PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #38
To me, it feels like the coup already happened, on Nov. 8, 2016. nt SunSeeker Jan 2020 #42
We're already in the nightmare. onetexan Jan 2020 #49
Congress will have no purpose after tomorrow bucolic_frolic Jan 2020 #54
We will be ok. evertonfc Jan 2020 #55
Good message - Thank you. c-rational Jan 2020 #58
+1 nt Tree-Hugger Jan 2020 #60
it's just that they're becoming more and more emboldened because they CANNOT be stopped renate Jan 2020 #63
The game has changed. They know they are impervious to our defenses. They can and will do more JudyM Jan 2020 #64
The coup took place in November 2016 malaise Jan 2020 #59
If people bdamomma Jan 2020 #65
This is something I expect will happen. wnylib Feb 2020 #100
I'll come right out and say it. This coup must be ended using any means necessary. NT Progressive Jones Jan 2020 #72
Agreed. nt hay rick Jan 2020 #76
Post removed Post removed Jan 2020 #77
THAT is your first post? Terms of service prevent my actual response! Mods? nt Atticus Jan 2020 #78
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #79
Wringing your hands online will not help. hay rick Jan 2020 #82
Was that addressed to me personally? nt Atticus Jan 2020 #83
No. Everybody on DU. hay rick Jan 2020 #85
Context. hay rick Jan 2020 #86
I would like to add something johnnyfins Jan 2020 #88
Yup, these fuckers are out for absolute power. Initech Jan 2020 #89
I see no evidence Aussie105 Jan 2020 #94
Come on people now saidsimplesimon Jan 2020 #99
Soap box, ballot box, paparush Jan 2020 #98
The coup began three years ago. It's now reaching its ascendency. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2020 #101
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