Two days from the celebration of American independence from the British crown, I sit here contemplating the future of the republic, brought into being over 200 years ago.
I am not writing this to gaze into her checkered past, but rather to gaze into her stormy future.
I want to make an honest assessment so I will include here all the possible forecasts given current circumstances.
First of all the Democrats may win in November by a sufficient margin to pass substantial legislation in both houses to ensure that this never happens again. An end to the filibuster, voter’s rights, an expanded court. In this scenario we dodge the bullet and are left with nothing but climate disruption, corporatocracy, and mass extinction to deal with.
But there are several other possible scenarios. None of them are good, but some might be less bad. If the Democrats win in November but only by the margin they have now, or if they lose, any of the following could be the outcome.
1. The Democrats win but the MAGA refuse to accept it, resulting in civil war. This war can be resolved by a 2 State Solution for the United States. Or, a bloody guerrilla war that goes on for decades. Or…
2. The Democrats win, but the SCOTUS bypasses the win, resulting in immediate authoritarian rule.
3. The Democrats lose, triggering immediate authoritarian rule.
In cases 2 and 3 there is the additional question of the form and scope of the regime. Will the fascist theocracy keep to the States Rights theory?
Or will the fascism be universal?
In any of these numbered scenarios is there any benefit to seeking the two state solution now?
Thoughts?
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I am having a hard time imagining what a two-state solution would look like.
It seems unlikely to me that we would have a two state solution probably because I don’t understand how it would be done. I think we are already becoming a fascist oligarchy, and fascism will be universal. I think the oligarchs calling the shots globally. They are able to use media and propaganda much more efficiently that Hitler or Stalin ever was. There seems to be no strong counter balance to that takeover that has already occurred.