Nothing is going to fundamentally change until right-wingers start enacting lethal vigilante justice against not only leftist footsoldiers, but also any pigs, lawyers and judges who insist on trying to protect them. This may seem like a statement that glows, but I am simply making a statement and observation of fact, not a call to action (as if it'd be a good idea to do it here anyway).
And this is the fundamental problem we face: what do you do when the foundational political and legal system of the country has become so distorted that it's impossible to have your interests represented through the legal mechanisms ostensibly available to you?
There's also quite a bit of hubris by the left at play here IMO. I think they legitimately believe that once they get 51% of the votes everywhere they can just force through whatever they want and the rest of us will just have to live with a boot on our face forever because "hur dur, it's a democracy and majority rules". It's why they went after the January 6th people so hard, because the event gave them a glimpse of how things could go if the 49% simply said "nah, the game is rigged so we're not going to play by those rules anymore".
And this is the fundamental problem we face: what do you do when the foundational political and legal system of the country has become so distorted that it's impossible to have your interests represented through the legal mechanisms ostensibly available to you?
And this is the fundamental problem we face: what do you do when the foundational political and legal system of the country has become so distorted that it's impossible to have your interests represented through the legal mechanisms ostensibly available to you?
There's also quite a bit of hubris by the left at play here IMO. I think they legitimately believe that once they get 51% of the votes everywhere they can just force through whatever they want and the rest of us will just have to live with a boot on our face forever because "hur dur, it's a democracy and majority rules". It's why they went after the January 6th people so hard, because the event gave them a glimpse of how things could go if the 49% simply said "nah, the game is rigged so we're not going to play by those rules anymore".
Well...
Yes.
It just takes a critical mass of citizens coming to this conclusion.
Or some Sulla, or Napoleon, or other man of such caliber to come from the wings and take command.
Someone who would do the above, apocryphal quote or no. An actual leader.