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Old 11-07-2022, 04:17 PM   #7109
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Originally Posted by rubecube View Post
If you're referring to liberals, well they're still under the belief that the U.S.' democratic institutions are strong enough to resist a fascist takeover (they're not), and/or that civil discourse will inevitably win the day (it won't).
I'm kind of torn here because if we're being fair, the Trump years were absolutely a massive test to those democratic institutions and the country did, in fact, survive despite him and his cronies doing everything possible to undermine them. So they maybe do deserve a little credit for resilience.

But I'm also a pessimist and am tempted to say "yeah but the cracks that all caused aren't going to get repaired so it's more just a case of a delayed collapse".
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