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A Boring Dystopia
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Wow, the billionaires seem completely convinced that U.S. citizens will go along with anything... well, hmmm... who's going to argue with them... it's true, after all, that they do...
I can’t understand how the US people won’t riot over this. This complacency is not what won them their independence 250 years ago.
That is rich. First of all, the people rising up to take control is not what happened during the American revolution. What happened was a bunch of rich businesses owners using propaganda and terrorism to create a campaign of violence that lead to them taking control of the colonies.
Second, the great depression in the US lasted a decade. Many people starved to death and the average family income plummeted by 40%. Guess what, no revolution. Enlistment records show that even by WWII 50% of American males were turned away for malnourishment.
Neither do I—especially since this ridiculous decision is by no means the only thing that should have triggered mass civil resistance.
I mean, aside from all the outrageous, completely blatant corruption, it’s just as obvious, for example, that state power is being used to cram hundreds of thousands of people into concentration camps and even to protect a pedophile ring of the super-rich. These are just two more examples among countless others.
Well, unfortunately, that’s just the way it is: even the most horrific crimes are apparently not enough to mobilize the American people. And so the most unscrupulous among Americans get their way.
Unfortunately, this affects the entire world in one way or another; but the world can only watch in disbelief and wonder how a people can allow themselves to be exploited to such an extent. Other countries can do little about it except turn away in disgust, because the U.S. cannot be defeated militarily, especially since the monsters who lead it would stop at nothing.
So it is entirely up to the American people to hold their criminal regime accountable.
Unfortunately, I have now given up all hope that U.S. citizens will rise up. Since that hasn’t happened yet, despite all the outrageous crimes of the regime, I don’t see what else would have to happen for U.S. citizens to get it together and finally take action.
This country has obviously been an oligarchy for so long that the people have given up and no longer defend themselves, even though their overlords have completely abandoned any pretense by now.
The us can be defeated in a war if the us was the aggressor