The constitution is just a scrap of paper if it does not exist in the hearts and minds of the people. Ultimately it's no less ephemeral than democracy itself, the most gossamer of illusory actualities -- it is real only to the extent that the population wants to abide by its strictures. And they don't anymore. That's over.
The constitution is just a scrap of paper if it does not exist in the hearts and minds of the people. Ultimately it's no less ephemeral than democracy itself, the most gossamer of illusory actualities -- it is real only to the extent that the population wants to abide by its strictures. And they don't anymore. That's over.
Good comment, rc4797. I'm one of the ones who's often annoyed by the Conservative canonization of St. Ronnie, but I think he was by and large a decent person who was sincere in caring about the good of the U.S. I think it is possible he would be more like Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and Adam Kinzinger than the spineless Republicans who are too scared to say anything native about what his party has become under Trump.
The constitution is just a scrap of paper if it does not exist in the hearts and minds of the people. Ultimately it's no less ephemeral than democracy itself, the most gossamer of illusory actualities -- it is real only to the extent that the population wants to abide by its strictures. And they don't anymore. That's over.
I like your words :)
Of course, it's all very sad, too.
Good comment, rc4797. I'm one of the ones who's often annoyed by the Conservative canonization of St. Ronnie, but I think he was by and large a decent person who was sincere in caring about the good of the U.S. I think it is possible he would be more like Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and Adam Kinzinger than the spineless Republicans who are too scared to say anything native about what his party has become under Trump.