Evil Empires (and a shyster-dominated government will be such) have a tendency to implode -- or commit suicide in wars that they start. At the extreme Adolf Hitler got a false regeneracy (He solved some problems but created far worse ones for Germany) after shaking up much of German economic and cultural life.
We have yet to see the last act of this Crisis Era. The absolute plutocracy that awaits us in January is also the sort of regime that sparks great social unrest that can culminate in revolution. The culmination of this Crisis Era could be a forced restart.
Are we even certain that the Grey Champion of this Crisis need be an American? Think of General Douglas MacArthur in liberated Japan. That could be my best hope. Some Chinese general decides upon the defeat of America in World War III that the liberals who have largely gone into political hibernation are the most trustworthy Americans if he wants an America that causes no more problems. Maybe someone suggests "Oh yes, this is the Constitution that closes the most loopholes to dictatorial government, including fascism. We can almost translate it literally into English"
We have yet to see the last act of this Crisis Era. The absolute plutocracy that awaits us in January is also the sort of regime that sparks great social unrest that can culminate in revolution. The culmination of this Crisis Era could be a forced restart.
Are we even certain that the Grey Champion of this Crisis need be an American? Think of General Douglas MacArthur in liberated Japan. That could be my best hope. Some Chinese general decides upon the defeat of America in World War III that the liberals who have largely gone into political hibernation are the most trustworthy Americans if he wants an America that causes no more problems. Maybe someone suggests "Oh yes, this is the Constitution that closes the most loopholes to dictatorial government, including fascism. We can almost translate it literally into English"
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.