Is this the end of the American Experiment?
Nothing remains constantly on top or bottom; sooner or later, everything goes back to its baseline. This is what happens in nature and likewise in politics. Americans—at least half of them, want the country to become a dictatorship, but that is only because they don’t know what that is. The polar opposites are so charged now that nothing can move forward. Like an electric motor, the motor will stop rotating if you move the magnets too far from the center.
The only explanation, at least, that I find plausible on why Americans are choosing an obviously disqualified candidate is because he promises radical changes and, in their eyes, appears to be a strong man. These misinformed Americans believe that all problems can be solved if we just get rid of all the brown people who come from shit-hole countries, which is a narrow and shallow vision and a scapegoating solution, all for the wrong reason.
These Americans fail to see that most of our social and economic problems today are 1) not real problems as they see them and 2) caused by a progressive disinvestment in people themselves. Disinvestments in infrastructure, education, healthcare, lack of subsidies for small businesses, lack of funds to repair urban decay, and so on. They fail to see that the rich do not pay taxes, and this money ends up lacking in public coffers.
For thirty years or so, the United States has focused on creating a generation of billionaires instead of caring for those who foot the bill. There is confusion about the word "socialized." For years, the conservative movement has sold the idea that social services are handouts associated with communist regimes. Social services are vital necessities paid for with our tax dollars.
Fascists and dictators take full advantage of these moments in history by fanning the flames of fear and hate to install themselves. It is somehow easy to do that, just like demolishing a building is cheaper and easier than building one. Conclusion: we might very well be heading to a dictatorship; I digress; we’re heading to a constitutional crisis. A word with many definitions and an unclear silhouette, putting it simply — a shit show.
And here’s why: Americans want a dictatorship only because, in their minds, it represents some kind of revenge for their grievances. They don’t understand because they have never experienced it in their backyard, but soon, they will. It will be dysfunctional at every level, and no one will like it.
On the other side of the aisle, Libtards, with their substantial capital, foot the bill for the federal government, a large part at least. A substantial wealth belongs to people who will not, on any level, be subjected to the draconian form of government; Project 2025 shoved down their throats. A cold civil war will commence; it could be a hot war in some spots.
The traditional playbook of Fascists is to start these changes slowly so they won’t be noticed. But the Trump “team” is incompetent and lacks cohesion; they will have internal fights and immediately undertake draconian measures in the Trump dumpster fire style. They just can’t help themselves.
Blue states will find a way not to comply with the federal government, and citizens will sabotage the process at every level within their reach. Demonstrations will be everywhere, and they will become violent. The government might start shooting people as they do in standard dictatorships, making the process more inflamed. The economy will collapse, and prices will shoot through the roof.
But things tend to level off as they always do. Soon, it will be obvious that nothing is working and that the malfunction must end. Americans are dynamic and practical. Things must change quickly and effectively. Just follow the money.
The sure scenario we can expect is that there will be no satisfaction with the 2024 presidential election results. The prospect of having Kamala Harris for president will cause an acute reaction in the MAGA universe and vice versa. The only possible way this will not happen is an emphatic Kamala victory, which looks unlikely. No matter how we look forward, it won't be peaceful. We are already in deep do-do.
The results will most likely be too close to call, providing the MAGA party with an opportunity to contest the election. The situation will be at a standstill, and no solution will be in sight. The case will be taken to our Supreme Court, which will most likely give Trump victory.
The big question is how we will deal with this constitutional crisis. Will we fracture or conclude within a reasonable amount of time? Will the Trump spell finally break or continue indefinitely? Trump will pass the power to his children, and the United States will finally transform itself into a Russia? Most of all, I would love to know what half the country will do to protest this undesirable outcome.
What is worrisome to me is that I think we’re already there. Because if so many of us are siding with dictatorship, we have irreconcilable priorities. It is like a cancer diagnosis. You don’t have a little cancer that will go away; you have cancer.
The question is how quickly we can fix these problems after they happen. Are we coming to a peaceful resolution in four years, or will the problems drag on forever, like a Jewish and Palestinian production value problem? Is the American experience finally coming to an end?
We’ll see very soon. I feel optimistic because I know that in America, things usually come to a quick resolution, but not always. Problems have also lasted generations, like racism and exploitation of the masses. But I still feel positive that America will do the right thing: stay democratic.
Dialog and compromises are the only answers. How many years will we spend learning about peaceful and cooperative solutions worldwide? How can we be so stupid when we’re so smart?
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