so many things happen in one day

The First Republic of the United States of America was declared on the 4th of July, 1776. It ended with the Confederacy and the Civil War.

The Second Republic of the United States of America began after the Civil War during Reconstruction. It ended with Donald Trump and the rise of fascism and overwhelming corruption beyond most of our wildest dreams.

We are on the crossroads of History. The US is either going to totally collapse or it will recover, but it will never hold its place on the world stage like it used to. Too many bridges have been burned. Too many allies betrayed. Too many crimes within our government to count. We've been warned repeatedly that this would happen.

So where do we go from here if we are to recover some of our former glory?

We'll need to actually stop whitewashing history and admit we're not all that and a bag of chips. We've been spiraling towards the bottom for decades. We have to open our eyes and actually see the problems and DO something about them for once.

It needs to start with a new Constitution, with words so clear and plain that they cannot possibly be misunderstood; no loopholes created..

Thomas Jefferson wrote: "This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we [were] compelled to take."

What stand will WE take? Shall we continue to subsidize the wealthy and give it all away without a fight, or are we going to take back the nation that is ours?

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Spock said that. Kirk added "Or the one." Trumplefuckstick doesn't NEED anything. Nobody currently in government does. The shareholders don't. The wealthy Wall St. assholes don't. Bezos. Zuckerberg. Elon. They're not in need of anything except perhaps a sound beating or just to be able to feel something that would fil their souls other than gluttonous hoarding of wealth and the desire to watch everyone else suffering.

All eyes are upon us. We've already hit the iceberg a long time ago. The damaged has been assessed and right now the rich are trying to buy safe havens away from here so they can rob us blind and take the cash with them when US goes tits-up.

A good chunk of our own nation is hoping; praying for the systems to collapse so they can play "The Purge" and literally go on a murdering spree like they think they're the good guys in a post-apocalypse zombie flick.

So. Where will we go from here?

The Second Republic is OVER.

So is the United States of America unless we choose to pursue a Third Republic, cleansed of all the corruption and those who have brought us to this blight are punished accordingly.

He was also...in his way... ?...Marge(inalized). As well.