I seriously doubt most Americans view our present political circumstances as I do, but I believe a case could be made that we are reliving the dilemma the colonists faced: the government that held authority over them didn’t represent them.
I recall (so vividly) elementary school lessons pertaining to “taxation without representation.” We need not prove whether we can govern ourselves but perhaps need reminding that our government doesn’t own us; we own it. We’re obligated, therefore, to reclaim what is rightfully ours or we will lose it.
Make no mistake, we’ve allowed ourselves to be ruled by a conman, liar and master grifter who, promising peace, has brought only suffering and economic collapse to an already troubled world. Trump incited an armed mob to attack our Capitol and kill its defenders if necessary, to overturn an election he knew he’d lost. He then wrongly pardoned 1,600 insurrectionists. This president has been convicted of more crimes than the vast majority of the people he’s deported.
The United States is the undisputed epicenter of a chaotic and shattered society of nations. We have never looked weaker, more ridiculous, incompetent, and untrustworthy to allies and adversaries alike around the world than we do right now.
