None of what we are witnessing in this country and around the world would be possible without a sizeable portion of the population having already accepted and internalized the basic tenets of authoritariansm either implicitly or explicitly. We were there ten years ago, if not much longer ago than that. The French, who very wisely made the decision to disallow this style of politics in their government, would have long since burned their country to the ground after refusing to work all year if things had gotten to this stage. What is it then, exactly, that has so long stayed the hand of the citizenry of the United States and kept them from overthrowing an obviously tyrannical government, right here in the "land of the free" and, allegedly, the "home of the brave?" Are we so useless that we can do nothing but stand back and allow the least worthy of us to lead the charge straight off the cliff?
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