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ancianita

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Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:31 AM Feb 2020

The Reality of Living In A Regime Is the Question: Now What? [View all]

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Truth begins as heresy. So it’s been said.

These days “heresy” is used to mean "unthinkable, unspeakable” politics, undeniable ideological insurgencies, undeniable realities. “Woke” is now Facing Reality. We're woke to slow paced rule of law. We like to think we KNOW all that.

Last night I watched Steve Bannon run roughshod over a usually unflappable Bill Maher.

Bannon, back from his escape tour in the EU, popped up to let Maher know that the days of rule of law are over.

Bannon told Maher to relax and accept what's now going to happen. When they were done, I saw Maher reach a next level of “woke," a kind of quiet passivity about new realities he was told that take on the power of Truth.

Bannon said, in effect, that Maher's gang never really saw a new world of global men coming who would tell constitutional rights fighters that, without their ability to enforce ANY law, there is now no rule of law.

Once a therapist helped a much younger me realize that "Understanding is the booby prize.” Which means: Now what.

Bannon told Maher, now that you all understand what has happened, what do you do. Make comedy about it? Chest beat about being in the Right? Campaign? Charge around and rev up crowds? Vote?

We can reject for the next nine months that we are run by a scofflaw regime. Yet that’s all we’ll see in media. Most "news" will drum regime power into our heads, likely getting millions used to it. Now that the Senate trial is over, Americans who are still actually doing something about scofflaws and loyalists will take second billing in media.

Bannon said that, for Maher’s people to now have legitimacy, they should have dragged out the impeachment. I say: Now what.

Those who actually tried for the last three years to enforce law against them have either resigned or pushed out of this scofflaw regime. I ask: Now what.

We could easily sit around and crow that we KNOW who we're up against, or say what we'll do once back in office (and all our candidates have plans for that). But first we have to face and understand an inconvenient truth -- our Constitution has been beaten.

We don't have to accept that. But we have to acknowledge that is where we are.

Where we are is in a corporate regime. Call it dictatorship because we're finally comfortable with that word.

This situation is the result of men who breached the electoral college flaw of the Constitution, then dismantled all other mechanisms in government to enforce that Constitution.

Here we sit. Beside an unenforceable Constitution.

We can say We The People are "down but not out," or that "the pendulum always swings back" but we really don’t know for sure. History shows that just as often as swinging back, the pendulum does not swing back because certain events won't allow any return.

The Reality of Living In A Regime Is the Question: Now What?

Rule of law is now suspended. For nine months, maybe longer, we will see no enforcement of the Constitution. That is a long time without rule of law.

I just wrote this on Adam Schiff's Facebook post, where he calls out, names names, and interprets the latest moves of the Forever Impeached president. I told him that his “understanding what’s happened and happening is the booby prize.”

Bannon told Maher — and indirectly, Mr. Schiff — that even if we opponents think "it's not over-over," the constitutional crisis our House fought for is resolved.

Sure, some of us are woke to the fact that there is no one coming to oust this scofflaw regime until November.
Sure, some of us are woke to the fact that even the military will not step up.
It’s not sure that some of us are woke to the probably that our rule of law vote in November will be enforceable.

Denialism can be just as strong in one party as in another. We say we’ll act. But how will that work if voting doesn’t.
Knowing and passion without action is the death of the soul of the America we once lived in.

These men have now forced any enforcement of the Constitution beyond party politics.

And so they bring a whole new challenge upon We The People Americans.

No matter how you impugn their character, their power is unrestrained. Political party and media words do not change the reality that government is as government does.

Until we find and use a mechanism to enforce Constitutional law before November, there really is none.

Not today, maybe not ever. An unenforced Constitution is no constitution at all.

For all the campaign rallies, media coverage, in the halls of this regime, We The People will be seen for the next nine months as irrelevant to this regime's goals. These men see their domain as run by a global fossil, cyber and finance mafia. Not law. Their enforcement will be a pacification campaign against We The People.

Putin's Eurasian Project is winning. Rule of law is losing.

UNLESS… We The People can enforce justice under this government AFTER November. AFTER NOVEMBER 3, 2020, We The People will be dared by the question: “Now what?”

The heretical question We The People have to ask ourselves: “Will we get used to it?”

The answer will come AFTER November 2020.

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im just keeping my fingers crossed that a few of the gop senators will switch allegiances to.. samnsara Feb 2020 #1
I can't believe they will. They know the deal. How could they benefit from the Constitution's deal. ancianita Feb 2020 #2
Hopefully pandr32 Feb 2020 #27
It Can't Happen Here dweller Feb 2020 #3
Now what. Will We The People act? Or will We The People get used to it? ancianita Feb 2020 #4
"An unenforced Constitution is no constitution at all." brush Feb 2020 #5
No. It no longer exists. Whether that's temporary or permanent depends on what we DO about it. ancianita Feb 2020 #9
I hesitated to say it. you did and unfortunately you could be right. brush Feb 2020 #13
So I'm right. I still have to ask you and myself, now what? What do we both do about it? ancianita Feb 2020 #15
Yes, fuck all the noise. I donate regularly and will caucus (ugh) for Biden in NV. brush Feb 2020 #17
THAT's what I'm talkin' 'bout! It'll be a hard heave, but people of Romania, Chile and other ancianita Feb 2020 #18
Democracy's last chance in America is in November... N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2020 #6
Nope. It's to be expected and dealt with. I see Klobuchar as the best force to deal with it all. She ancianita Feb 2020 #10
Bannon and Trump/Russia had plans to "burn it all down" ie: the US CousinIT Feb 2020 #7
Okay, so you're counting yourself out on the "doing" end of "now what"? Because it's "too late"? ancianita Feb 2020 #11
Amen to that Cuz DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #23
Yes, Bannon ran roughshod over Maher Martin Eden Feb 2020 #8
Maher gave him a platform so WE could see who we're up against. Know your enemy. Let him speak. ancianita Feb 2020 #12
Bannon did the classic gish-gallop stunt: thumping Maher's head with so much shit so quickly... VOX Feb 2020 #60
Well put Martin Eden Feb 2020 #61
Great post, ancianita! Ironically, it may be climate change that saves US if it gets out the vote. JudyM Feb 2020 #14
Good point. Climate change don't care. Stopping it will save us. Climate change itself will not. ancianita Feb 2020 #16
+1 CrispyQ Feb 2020 #19
Totally, absolutely agree with your well supported argument for shifting with the opposition, and ancianita Feb 2020 #59
Great post. It appears that we're still in the stage of impotent outrage. How and when we move to jalan48 Feb 2020 #20
Does it help to ask cilla4progress Feb 2020 #21
Thanks for your question. I might as well own up to my 'undecided' status. ancianita Feb 2020 #25
Cool! cilla4progress Feb 2020 #26
Warren is my choice I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #43
Oh, and my primary motto on social media: ancianita Feb 2020 #28
Cool. cilla4progress Feb 2020 #31
Thank you, cilla. ancianita Feb 2020 #35
I think many have been asking themselves this very question. What will they do next? 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #22
What was he wearing? n/t EndlessWire Feb 2020 #30
Some grubby shit. ancianita Feb 2020 #36
Thank you. n/t EndlessWire Feb 2020 #51
Well for once he looked like he had a bath and someone ironed his shirt. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #37
I always thought he looked like EndlessWire Feb 2020 #52
Imagine if you had smell-a-vision, or scratch and sniff. Ewww. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #65
The Constitution becomes an ancient parchment of kairos12 Feb 2020 #24
Thank you for the appearance summary. EndlessWire Feb 2020 #29
Great post, and cilla4progress Feb 2020 #32
They cheated in 2000, remember? Appointed John The Pirate Roberts to SCOTUS. ancianita Feb 2020 #34
Well, I had more in mind EndlessWire Feb 2020 #54
I hear you. For the record, Obama said he'd definitely be stumping for the nominee in the GE, ancianita Feb 2020 #56
He's a classy guy. EndlessWire Feb 2020 #57
VERY true! You've sold me. He really should do that at this point! All hands on deck. ancianita Feb 2020 #58
I'm going to post this to the Obama Coalition that posts on my FB newsfeed, first thing. ancianita Feb 2020 #64
It's all I could think to do after the last few days. ancianita Feb 2020 #33
I think that EndlessWire Feb 2020 #55
History tells us that it doesn't always end well for despots eleny Feb 2020 #38
I've never given in to misused authority lunatica Feb 2020 #39
Thank you, lunatica! The more ideas on what to do, the more will be done to end this regime. ancianita Feb 2020 #40
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed struggle4progress Feb 2020 #41
Steve Biko would know. I've read him. One of the world's greatest of resisters. ancianita Feb 2020 #42
there are many elections ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #44
There are. Given our past, this is an optimistic analysis, thanks. ancianita Feb 2020 #45
In my town EndlessWire Feb 2020 #62
This needs to be a warning OP in the Democratic Primaries threads. This is insidious and we Dems ancianita Feb 2020 #63
I hear what you're saying and I'm not going to accuse you of trolling or anything malevolent Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2020 #46
I'm not demoralized. I'm realistic & people call it demoralization. But it's not. It's preparation. ancianita Feb 2020 #48
I share your concern, I really do. Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2020 #50
Why wait until November 2020 to answer "now what" and "will we get used to it"? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #47
Right. That's why we start now and keep it in mind past Nov 3. ancianita Feb 2020 #49
Fabulous thread, all! cilla4progress Feb 2020 #53
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