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Just saw what happened in the US. Wow !!
My take will likely be unpopular and if you're an American reading this who feels hurt I understand why. That said, in my view today's events would only serve to strengthen US democracy.
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My take will likely be unpopular and if you're an American reading this who feels hurt I understand why. That said, in my view today's events would only serve to strengthen US democracy.
How?
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Democracy isn't perfect.
Over time it evolves to represent special interests moving away from interest of electorate it's supposed to represent. Popular anger which reduces power distance between lawmakers and voters resets this anomaly to some extent.
That is good!
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Over time it evolves to represent special interests moving away from interest of electorate it's supposed to represent. Popular anger which reduces power distance between lawmakers and voters resets this anomaly to some extent.
That is good!
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Lawmakers will now feel guillotines closer than ever.
Yes, in this instance anger was over a President who lost fair and square but that is irrelevant.
Trump isn't just a politician, he's an outsider and a symbol. A symbol of disenfranchised voter failed by establishment.
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Yes, in this instance anger was over a President who lost fair and square but that is irrelevant.
Trump isn't just a politician, he's an outsider and a symbol. A symbol of disenfranchised voter failed by establishment.
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A belief among these voters that Trump was cheated is a logical culmination of years of partisan (and often fake) media coverage by corporate MSM that forgot the working class.
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When symbols of democracy are sacked by a country's own citizens it is in my opinion the purest expression of democracy.
An emphatic reminder to rulers that symbols are meaningless and only citizens are sovereign manifestation of democracy.
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An emphatic reminder to rulers that symbols are meaningless and only citizens are sovereign manifestation of democracy.
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Granted it can go the other way too like when socialist Nazi party burned down Reichstag it spelled doom but that was an exception not the rule
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Elites will obviously condemn what happened today. This shouldn't fool anyone.
Elites directly benefit from power distance between law makers and citizens. To them, Capitol Hill is merely a tool to project supremacy.
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Elites directly benefit from power distance between law makers and citizens. To them, Capitol Hill is merely a tool to project supremacy.
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Today's events aren't foreign hostile action (like siege of Indian Parliament by Hizbul terrorists in 2001). Such interpretation should be avoided.
It's a wake up call for establishment. Half the country no longer believes that American democracy works for them.
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It's a wake up call for establishment. Half the country no longer believes that American democracy works for them.
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Time for deep introspection how things became this bad and may today's anarchy result in a better US tomorrow. The world needs US more than ever.
Godspeed US. Love from Australia
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Godspeed US. Love from Australia
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