(02-07-2021, 10:44 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Okay, so the "state" does nothing (and preserves their values in the process) the marxists win and the country goes to [BLEEP].

Or

The "state" says they're not going to take this beating so they fight back, become fascists and the country goes to [BLEEP]. I

Outstanding.

Fortunately neither will happen.
Most people aren't marxists.
Most people aren't fascists.
Those tendencies will always be at the fringe, and unfortunately the people who believe them will get bones thrown their way from time to time, but ultimately our republic is stable enough that one or the other philosophy would need much, much more support than it has now to prevail.  This isn't Weimar Germany where you can become chancellor with less than 1/3 of the vote and the chancellor gets to do whatever he wants.

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