Comments by "Orwellian Horseman of the Apocalypse" (@DennisMoore664) on "We're Living a Constitutional Crisis | Robert Reich" video.

  1. We've been in a steadily worsening constitutional crisis for years - the heats just gotten turned up over the last decade or two. I'm not going to strike the match, but if Rome is going to burn I wish it would hurry the hell up - I'm not getting any younger here!
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  2. Trump is an interesting glitch that's happened to the established system. I heard someone basically compare him to a malicious piece of Malware or a virus that Putin has uploaded to the American OS. It gave me a chuckle. That being said, while there is a generalized stereotype of the average Conservative/Republican voter that's mostly accurate due to belief in key issues they are devoted to absolutely, they also hold a variety of opinions on subjects which can be very surprising. Same is true of the average Liberal/Democrat voter. And when you get to the fringes of both sides, their rhetoric and actions tend to become similarly more extreme. The problem is that much of the ideological conflict the two sides engage in is just bullshit and foolishness being used to divide and isolate us from each other. I remember this joke from Fabrice Fabrice - "You know who likes fried chicken? Black people - You know who else likes fried chicken - EVERYBODY!" When we get past the what God you pray to and what we can do to our own bodies or the body of another consenting adult, every person trying to survive on anything less than thirty or forty thousand dollars a year (or even more in a lot of U.S. cities) is going to have vastly more in common with another person in the same lower income range than anyone making even a low six-figure income let alone the Upper 9.99%. The Oligarchy isn't even at the same damn party and they are the ones who are supposed to really be running this shit show. Which brings me back to my original point about Trump. Part of the reason I'm convinced the Russians and/or Assange meddled and may have even swung the election to Trump is that I have a hard time believing the people who depend on us staying bought in to our two-party, representative democracy narrative would want Bankrupt Donny and the Trump train wreck pissing all over their party and throwing shit against the walls to see what sticks. But maybe Trump is just being used to help release the pressure that was built up during Obama's turn so it all doesn't blow up until the appointed hour. To every season, ya'll.
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  3. @thethegreenmachine - unfortunately there are those who are locked into a dualistic view of life. Everything is either/or, good/bad, black/white, liberal/conservative, Democrat/Republican. They might be able to admit that answer is usually gray and can be found between the archetypes or extremes of the two sides, but they have a hard time incorporating that into their daily lives and conversations. The thought that there is another paradigm at work where the world isn't as they see it, INCONCEIVABLE! It's one of the ways the Oligarchy maintains order and control.
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  4. We have before - we will again.
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