Is dictatorship the only way out? (generation, health care, Barack Obama, myth)

[Charles45]

Originally Posted by Yooperkat

Yes it will. Getting rid of Obama is the key.

An Obama style dictatorship is what we are getting a taste of right now.

America should not go down that road.

I don't think getting rid of Obama is going to change much. The American people themselves need to change.

Could be that Obama creating a dictatorship is a blessing in disguise. Might be easier for his successor to fix things. Assuming there will be a successor.

[HappyTexan]

A government is a reflection of it's people.

The fact that we keep sending corrupt people back to DC over and over again should speak volumes.

[Charles45]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

I'm not in despair, not at all. I've just positioned myself to be as least connected to "the system" as I can and still live my life.

Moving to a small rural town in Texas has shown me that we are not finished by a long run and that there are people that maintain the "old values".

Well, call me cynical, but I think they'll be coming for you. There's really no place to hide anymore.

[Yooperkat]

Originally Posted by Charles45

Could be that Obama creating a dictatorship is a blessing in disguise. Might be easier for his successor to fix things. Assuming there will be a successor.

You mean fix things like Castro and Chavez have?

[Charles45]

Originally Posted by The Homogenizer

Regardless of what you believe, however, you can't change the nature of democracies. The end is here.

I see. But maybe there's more to America than being a democracy. Maybe democracy is the accident, not the essence of America. And if that's true, America can be saved without democracy, or at least without democracy as we know it. Does that make any sense?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Charles45

Well, call me cynical, but I think they'll be coming for you. There's really no place to hide anymore.

Bah..I'm not rich and I have nothing they want. Can't get blood from a stone as they say.

I went "Galt"...early retirement and moved to a lower COL area. No debts and just piddling around on some acres

[Charles45]

Originally Posted by Yooperkat

You mean fix things like Castro and Chavez have?

I was thinking more along the lines of Franco and Salazar.

[Yooperkat]

Originally Posted by Charles45

I see. But maybe there's more to America than being a democracy. Maybe democracy is the accident, not the essence of America. And if that's true, America can be saved without democracy, or at least without democracy as we know it. Does that make any sense?

None whatsoever.

When dictators decide to kill throngs of citizens - they just do it.

[Charles45]

Originally Posted by Yooperkat

None whatsoever.

When dictators decide to kill throngs of citizens - they just do it.

Alas, so do the governments of corrupt "democracies". Pick your poison.

[Charles45]

Originally Posted by Yooperkat

None whatsoever.

When dictators decide to kill throngs of citizens - they just do it.

What we probably need is an hereditary monarch. Too bad Washington never had any sons.