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politics:predictions:2025 [2025/03/17 19:49] – [Conclusion: Must Democracy Die? NO!] Owen Mellemapolitics:predictions:2025 [2025/03/18 13:32] (current) – [The End of Democracy: My Prediction in 2025] Owen Mellema
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 One more thing: I am a loose political centrist. It might seem that I am very critical of Republicans while being gentle towards the Democrats. It is true that I think that the modern Republican party is devastatingly bad. However, I am not a Democrat. Indeed, I have traditionally been quite critical of the illiberal progressivism of the so-called woke left. This was one of the major reasons that I supported Trump wholeheartedly in 2016 (the other being that I was young and foolish). I now see the truth: The threat of illiberal conservatism entirely eclipses the threat of illiberal progressivism. I won't make that case in this article, however.  One more thing: I am a loose political centrist. It might seem that I am very critical of Republicans while being gentle towards the Democrats. It is true that I think that the modern Republican party is devastatingly bad. However, I am not a Democrat. Indeed, I have traditionally been quite critical of the illiberal progressivism of the so-called woke left. This was one of the major reasons that I supported Trump wholeheartedly in 2016 (the other being that I was young and foolish). I now see the truth: The threat of illiberal conservatism entirely eclipses the threat of illiberal progressivism. I won't make that case in this article, however. 
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-My allegiance is to America and the values that made this country, as Reagan described it, "a shining city on a hill".  
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 "If a black man is gunned down without cause in the street by police, who cares? I'm not black. Doesn't affect me. If they shot at white people, then I would care, but the police will always be on my side so I don't have to worry about that." "If a black man is gunned down without cause in the street by police, who cares? I'm not black. Doesn't affect me. If they shot at white people, then I would care, but the police will always be on my side so I don't have to worry about that."
  
-We have become a country of cynics, both in philosophy and action. We believe that man is completely rotten, head to toe, and thus we act completely rotten. We don't hesitate to kick our fellow man in the shins if we can slightly improve our standing -- after all, we reason, he would have done the same to us. This cynical philosophy becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you kick my shins, then I'm going to kick your shins, and we'll all be kicking each other's shins for no real reason.+We have become a country of cynics, both in philosophy and action. We believe that man is rotten, and thus we act rotten. We don't hesitate to kick our fellow man in the shins if we can slightly improve our standing -- after all, we reason, he would have done the same to us. This cynical philosophy becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you kick my shins, then I'm going to kick your shins, and we'll all be kicking each other's shins for no real reason.
  
 Some people think that all of this is due to a decline of religion. While it is true that some religious people are very kind, altruistic, and civic-minded people, my anecdotal observations have revealed that religious people can personify the worst of this attitude. See, for instance, the rise of self-styled "christofascism" -- people calling for the extermination and brutal treatment of entire people groups with bible verses in their bio. Thus, I simply don't believe that making America a more Christian country will, in and of itself, solve this issue.  Some people think that all of this is due to a decline of religion. While it is true that some religious people are very kind, altruistic, and civic-minded people, my anecdotal observations have revealed that religious people can personify the worst of this attitude. See, for instance, the rise of self-styled "christofascism" -- people calling for the extermination and brutal treatment of entire people groups with bible verses in their bio. Thus, I simply don't believe that making America a more Christian country will, in and of itself, solve this issue. 
  
 My point is that you should be motivated to save this country. Yes, you should do this politically -- you should get out and vote, you should protest, heck, if it comes down to it, you might even need to fight for it. But you should also try to save the country non-politically, in your tiny, individualized way. Endeavor each day to treat your fellow man with respect and kindness. Outdo one another in love. That is how we begin to really heal the social fabric of this country. My point is that you should be motivated to save this country. Yes, you should do this politically -- you should get out and vote, you should protest, heck, if it comes down to it, you might even need to fight for it. But you should also try to save the country non-politically, in your tiny, individualized way. Endeavor each day to treat your fellow man with respect and kindness. Outdo one another in love. That is how we begin to really heal the social fabric of this country.
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