Do we realize & understand & grasp that we are living in a pivotal moment of history?

The fall of the American Empire.

Throughout history there have been empires that rose and fell. I wonder, how many of their citizens at the time understood that their empire was falling? That they were living in the midst of it?

Some countries have lived through the ending of their empires and are good nations today such as the British and the Dutch with Britain and The Netherlands being fine democratic nations. I don’t believe we will be as fortunate here in the US. We may survive, but we will never be the same again. Too bad because for most of our history  we were a decent nation., although imperfect.

I’d reckon that the other free and democratic nations are amazed at how quickly our democracy was brought to its knees but I’m sure there were people who saw it coming.

But we were guilty of the sin of pride, like other empires had been, that ours would last forever. I certainly never believed I would be alive to witness its fall. After all, my family had been here for nearly 400 years and I thought I might make it through a decent retirement never believing it would all fall apart so quickly aided by the millions who voted for Trump along with others who were too complacent and over confident to vote.

Sadly, our fall here in the US will not be one of a decent transition to a good democratic nation. No, our fall will be one into a nation dedicated to evil and hate. I know there are some, many who believe my epitaph is premature but I am, honestly, out of hope. Will there be a civil war? Well, unlike our Civil War today we do not have a clear line of demarcation between slave and free states. Maybe our trouble now had its roots in the Civil War because the Slave states were not a bastion of democracy and after they destroyed Reconstruction, the South turned into an oligarchy, ruled by the former planters — all white.

But here we are now and if you feel you can do anything in the way of resistance, good luck. MAGA and the uninformed, hate-filled people who support Trump are united in their evil while we Democrats are mired in disagreements.

I’ve voted exclusive for Democratic candidates for over 60 years now and I hope I get the chance to vote again although I’m not hopeful — I suspect we have seen our last election.