From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article <10ffudr$1233b$3@dont-email.me>,   
   Simon Clubley   wrote:   
   >On 2025-11-15, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   >> In article <10f30sp$1koun$4@dont-email.me>,   
   >> Arne Vajhøj   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>The US government considers Pascal a memory safe language.   
   >>>   
   >>>:-)   
   >>   
   >> Have you seen the state of my government recently?  :-(   
   >   
   >You have a government ???   
      
   I think we have a fascist proto-dictatorship at this point.   
      
   >I thought your people had elected a group of Feudal warlords who go   
   >on raiding parties to other countries to force them to pay tribute   
   >to your warlords to make up for the lack of investment in your country   
   >or its people by previous US governments over the last 20+ years.   
   >   
   >I also thought your Feudal warloads had a strategy of deliberately   
   >humilating those leaders and their countries in order to force their   
   >submission and to force them into paying tribute to your warlords.   
   >   
   >Your Feudal warlords also have developed a habit of breaking international   
   >agreements and alliances or just outright ignoring them.   
   >   
   >I also really hope for your sakes that your feudal warlords don't   
   >suddenly find themselves needing help from those other countries as   
   >they are far less likely to place their citizens in harm's way like   
   >they did after 9/11 in order to help your country.   
   >   
   >Sorry Dan, but after seeing the latest set of events, you just set me off.   
      
   I mean, I don't want to devolve this into politics but this is   
   not inaccurate.   
      
   I would ask that you bear in mind that a) the majority of people   
   did not vote for this fool (I certainly didn't).  b) the US is   
   highly political stratified at present; as much if not more so   
   than immediately prior to the American civil war.  c) we have   
   systemic problems rooted in our founding and dating to our   
   original sin (slavery, which gave rise to the electoral college)   
   that have never been addressed.  d) our opposition party is   
   completely ineffective, and we seem completely unable to even   
   begin to entertain the idea of a viable third party, perhaps due   
   to the intrinsic structure of our government.   
      
   There were some encouraging signs in the most recent elections,   
   but I'm not sure we can vote our way out of this at this point.   
   I strongly suspect a second American civil war will happen in my   
   lifetime.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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