Good Night America and Good-bye…
As a Canadian, like many other Canadians, I will no longer travel in the United States. However, from previous trips I had visited several cotton and rice plantations in the Southern States. These were reminiscent of the dysfunctional and cruel economy that existed for over two hundred years and is seared into the American Psyche to this day. America alone bears this historic burden of white supremacy, racism and cruelty which led up to the Civil War and the racial divides that exist today.
I am struck by the easy acceptance of many Americans to revert back to some of these same behaviour patterns in modern day society. They have willingly participated in a new racism in America that has openly embraced hate, violence, inhumanity and now imperialism. America is quickly divorcing itself from its democratic origins by embracing these old ideals and reviving them on stale banners of nationalism. A type of movement that effectively renders America a pariah, a country that breaks treaties and trust as a routine way of doing business.
Many Americans simply accept the new executive privilege that they feel should by-pass judges and sterilize the power of congress in order to allow a real estate/golfer to rule as their new King. The danger to this is that the Magas and those other supporters who wanted cheap eggs will enable a dictator to completely divide the country to the point that soon there will be no turning back. Already civilized countries have issued travel bans against the USA as they sink behind their tariff walls, isolationism and billionaires. It may be a sleep that takes a 1000 years to recover.
Good night America, and Good bye.
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