Has the regeneracy arrived?

[Eric the Green]

(11-11-2016, 10:37 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(11-11-2016, 03:59 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I think we have interpreted a regeneracy as a positive thing that could lead to progressive change, since in the past we have always looked upon 4Ts as conflicts in which the good guys won, and we got more freedom and justice out of it. So it has seemed to me too. But this time we may have voted for a regeneracy that will lead our nation to ruin instead. In other countries, not as lucky as ours, 4Ts can bring defeat and ruin. So it did for Dixie as well.

Good point, at least if you replace "we" with "most of us".

I've always recognized that the only reason the "good guys" always won in fourth turnings is because the winners write the history books.  The losers get silenced, and that would be especially true in total wars such as crisis wars.  In that sense, the "good guys" will win this fourth turning too, for the tautological reason that the winners will consider themselves the good guys.

That's a plausible view, although mine is that in fact they WERE the good guys who won the 4Ts. And the victories are what made America great. Without these 4T victories, we probably would not have been great.

Even though, it's also a plausible view in my mind, that the wars might not have been necessary in every case, or even most cases. I don't say that's the right view; just a view worth considering.

But now our nation may be in decline, so that may not hold true. But no doubt, the winners will still claim that it's true. Everybody votes for a dictator, and people believe the big lie-- for a while. But they lose in the end, and it often does not take long these days. So if the bad guys (Trump) win, then look for our nation to slide into oblivion rapidly. With people cheering all the way.

https://youtu.be/nGzkchO0t1c?t=6m30s

Just like Major Kong as he rode that nuclear bomb in Dr. Strangelove. Yaaaaaaaaaa Hooooooooooooooo!





Don't we have fun at our rallies? And if someone looks like they are about to throw a tomato, knock the CRAP out of them, would ya? I'll pay for your legal fees. Political correctness is ruining us folks. You know what happened in the good old days to protesters like that? They had to carry them out on a stretcher, folks! These are not good people, I tell you. Get a job! Get a job! These are not good people. Yeah, Ya hoo. Cheer the bully. The good guys win. We're the good guys, because we say so!





I'm very pessimistic now, folks. Believe me, that I can tell you.