On Friday, January 15, 2021, 02:27:29 a.m. CST, V M <[email protected]> wrote: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2021/01/15/op-ed-the-implications-of-the-american-carnage
But there can be no doubt something important shifted, and the veneer of inevitability and invincibility will never return. The writer James Surowiecki has written persuasively about “the wisdom of crowds.” His logic extends to the mob. Now that the innermost bastions of American governance have fallen on live television, there isn’t anyone anywhere who does not realize how vulnerable they are. And in fact, the emergency is ongoing: several Republican legislators have tearfully confided to colleagues that they can no longer vote their conscience because of fear for their family’s lives. An atmosphere of implicit, murderous violence pervades the American polity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another great article VM, congrats!. Stateside, the situation is that domestic bred Christian terrorists are set to participate in "armed protests" in all 50 State Capitols on Jan 20th. Here in Texas, there is a hiccup. The gun shops are all out of ammo. This is, I guess, is slightly better than the situation four years ago when they were all out of hand guns. At that time, everyone was afraid that Clinton would win and then immediately ban the sale of guns. The Texas State Capitol is just 45 minutes from where I live and already has National Guards surrounding it. I was about to set up a station to provide them with donuts but the problem is that many others will have the same idea and they will be more generous than me i.e. providing the donuts for free. Protest organizers are inviting Texans to "participate" starting Saturday morning. Is this like a music festival for rednecks? However, the American way, the real American way, is to set up station to provide hot dogs to all those who will be outside the Capitol prior to and on the earlier hours of Jan 20th. Six flags have flow over Texas and I would not be surprised if one returns over the Capitol between now and Jan 20th. The main event though, will be in Washington, D.C. So far, the authorities admit to having 20,000 National Guards on site to prepared to prevent Americans from attacking the President elect. Thanks to Mr. Trump, we live in interesting times. Mervyn
