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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 12:21 AM Nov 2017

How much longer with the "United States" continue to exist as a sovereign entity?

Everywhere we look these days, things are falling apart in the "United" States. The government itself is being dismantled from within and we seem to be witnessing the establishment of a permanent "royalty", an aristocracy based on wealth and power that increasingly ignores the will of "the people". The push is on to keep the masses ignorant and subservient.

Which government services will fail first? Which departments will be shuttered next? Which state or states will be the first to secede? Which major corporations will be the first to pull out of America entirely? What will happen when the flood of climate refugees overwhelms what's left of the U.S. social services?

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How much longer with the "United States" continue to exist as a sovereign entity? (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 OP
One day at a time, Binkie. roamer65 Nov 2017 #1
God knows... First Speaker Nov 2017 #2
Lighten up Francis! GulfCoast66 Nov 2017 #3
Panic isn't helpful. If you're concerned, start burning up the phone lines pnwmom Nov 2017 #4
Pretty bleak, but we are in an increasing downward spiral. Alice11111 Nov 2017 #5
The sky is falling!! Eko Nov 2017 #6

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
1. One day at a time, Binkie.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 12:41 AM
Nov 2017


Who knows what tomorrow will bring.

One thing I can guarantee. The American empire will fall, as so many others have throughout history. It is the natural order of things.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
2. God knows...
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 12:48 AM
Nov 2017

...I think it is quite possible the USA may--repeat, may--implode over the next generation or so. Nobody predicted the end of the Soviet Union, and it may well be similar here. I do know that people who laugh at the possibility are whistling in the graveyard. My guess? We slowly slide towards a Polish or Hungarian style one-party state, at least de facto, with a corrupt media and federal judiciary greasing the wheels.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
3. Lighten up Francis!
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 01:24 AM
Nov 2017

I recommend you spend a week disconnected from the news and especially DU.

The sky is not falling.

pnwmom

(108,988 posts)
4. Panic isn't helpful. If you're concerned, start burning up the phone lines
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 01:39 AM
Nov 2017

and volunteer for the Democrats.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
5. Pretty bleak, but we are in an increasing downward spiral.
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 02:24 AM
Nov 2017

Hopefully, the political pendulum will swing the other way, because the Hoodlums went too far.

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