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Sowell
sees the national equivalent of a "perfect storm," a gathering of
"dangerous forces (that) have been building .. . for at least a
half-century."
Yes, he says, our
great nation has weathered many storms. But, he quickly notes, so did
the Roman Empire before it collapsed. "Is that where America is
headed?" Sowell asks upfront. "I believe it is. Our only saving grace
is that we are not there yet - and that nothing is inevitable until it
happens."......
The Obama
administration "is not the root cause of the ominous dangers that face
this country at home and aboard," Sowell says. But "it is the
embodiment, the personification and the culmination of dangerous trends
that began decades ago. Moreover, it has escalated those dangers to
what may be a point of no return. [Sowell's Pessimism]
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Opinions about the nexus of that perfect storm are also a dime a dozen, and in my case free of charge. August 9, 1974.
The Nixon bloodless coup. Sowell's fifty-year
parameter takes us to JFK's election, in effect the beginning of The
Great Society. Hard to argue that too.
Secession is still the only course of action I can think of.
Things will still be tough, but at least "we" will have the opportunity
to rebuild without the constraints and gloom imposed by statist
government. And, we'll have hope where none now exists.
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