A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY ASSUMES A CERTAIN CIVILITY IN THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE... AT LEAST AT THE TOP LEVELS...AMONG THE ELITES.
THE BAR ROOM BRAWLS ARE EXPECTED...AT THE LOWER LEVELS.
BUT THESE DAZE THE WORLD SEEMS DOMINATED BY THE "FOX NEWS" MODEL...WITH INSANE RANTS...WEDGE ISSUES....POLARIZATION...PROVOCATIONS TO VIOLENCE...AND TOTAL UNWILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO REASON...
IF THE FOX NEWS MODEL PREVAILS...THE WORLD MAY BE DEMANDING A FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT IS NOT SO VIOLENCE PRONE... A BENEVOLENT DICTATOR...OR A RETURN TO THE IMPERIAL MODEL...
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT DEMOCRACIES DO SELF DESTRUCT...AND PEOPLE DO DEMAND THE END TO CONFLICT AND THE RESTORATION OF CALM AT ANY PRICE...
ROME WENT FROM A REPUBLIC TO AN IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR CAUSED BY CAESAR... MORE RECENTLY...GERMANY AND RUSSIA...RESTORED ORDER THROUGH DICTATORSHIP...AND MANY MANY SMALLER NATIONS HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE...
DEMOCRACIES ARE VERY FRAGILE... AND THEY ASSUME THAT THE NATIONAL ELITES "GIVE A SHIT" ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS....
IN AMERICA TODAY... THE ELITES HAVE TAKEN TO LOOTING...AND THE PUBLIC IS GIVEN THE BREAD AND CIRCUSES...OF THE FOX AND FREAKS CLOWN POSSE...
GIVE THIS ANOTHER 10 YEARS...AND A DEEP DEPRESSION...AND THE RESULTS COULD BE QUITE UNEXPECTEDLY BAD...!
