In China, Xi Jinping’s government has instituted draconian lockdowns, ostensibly to stop the spread of Covid. These actions have made the citizens there prisoners in their own homes, and as one might expect, have pretty much destroyed the economy. A recent apartment fire in the city of Xinjiang that killed ten has been blamed on barriers that kept emergency crews out and the occupants in. Citizens are starting to protest, but government forces are squashing them.
And here we sit with a poorly tended republic, certainly on the edge of “…if you can keep it”
This form of government takes MANY citizens in its various levels of operation.
The ME generation has done much to abandon their personal responsibility to share in it. Most likely why they vote for some-thing else to carry the mgmt no matter how poorly done.
One wonders what’s next if we finally reach out to terrestrial spheres to colonize.
Will it happen all over again, at least a fresh start …till it turns fetid.
What will awaken citizens always seems to be the worst bringing out our best, if we have the time, if we still have the time.
And there is no Second Amendment in Iran, China, Russia - or other awful places.
Why throw reality into the discussion? "They deserve it good and hard!" Good writing.
And here we sit with a poorly tended republic, certainly on the edge of “…if you can keep it”
This form of government takes MANY citizens in its various levels of operation.
The ME generation has done much to abandon their personal responsibility to share in it. Most likely why they vote for some-thing else to carry the mgmt no matter how poorly done.
One wonders what’s next if we finally reach out to terrestrial spheres to colonize.
Will it happen all over again, at least a fresh start …till it turns fetid.
What will awaken citizens always seems to be the worst bringing out our best, if we have the time, if we still have the time.