Welcome to a discussion about the upcoming 5th Revolution in the US, which I’ve titled the “Revenge Revolution.” For more about the Revenge Revolution and the author, click “About the Author” tab.  Periodically I write a “sense check” to assess whether a revolution in the US is possible or whether the entire exercise is based on a statistical aberration — i.e., a roughly 50-year cycle between major upheavals in the US. The previous “sense check” was Entry #476.

BEGIN ENTRY #500: For a long time, I thought Entry #500 would be ideal for more analysis about the current status of US Revolution V. However, as we all experience occasionally in life, the best laid plans sometimes go astray.

Midmorning Christmas Eve I was walking back from Starbucks.  All ok until the son of one of our neighbors decided to go driveway bowling. He used his BMW as the bowling ball and used me as the 10 pin. The only serious injury was to my right wrist which I used to break the fall from being hit.  X-rays showed the wrist either fractured or broken in four spots. 

Of course, the wrist is on my dominant hand, which makes typing slow and trying to write longhand laughable — at least for now.  Oh well, dictation works so here are some thoughts about the Revenge Revolution.

  1. US Revolution V, aka the Revenge Revolution, looks as though it’s already in progress. We’ve talked about how widespread in several different entries, but I think Trump‘s campaign effort for reelection and the promises made associated with that campaign are downright scary. Whether you are Republican or Democrat, you don’t need a presidential candidate out advocating elimination of the justice system, revising the constitution to allow the person to hold office for life and immunity from prosecution among other promises.
  2. The Supreme Court continues to show no integrity, either as a court or by several justices on the court. The court has no enforcement other than through the Department of Justice and the various states justice systems. Without respect for SCOTUS from the public, the whole idea of a unified democracy goes away. The court does have an opportunity with the upcoming cases — (i) the 01/06 insurrection; (ii) Trump’s claim of absolute immunity; (iii) providing guidance for interpretation of the 14th Amendment and application to state election laws – to begin at least stabilizing the decline in public opinion, and maybe begin rebuilding it.
  3. A large percentage of the public seems to not understand consequences of their potential behavior. For example, a percentage of black voters, and I don’t know exactly what percentage, is frustrated with Biden, and to express that frustration, have decided to support Trump. Why would anybody who is black want to support Trump given all of his racist comments and actions against blacks?  Also, some highly educated people whom I know seem completely brainwashed about what has happened, particularly around events leading up to and including January 6. A portion of this group asks, “why are all the prosecutors piling on Trump? He’s the right guy.“  Come on folks, he’s not the right guy. It doesn’t matter if he’s a Democrat or Republican, he’s a crook and has been a crook for a long, long time. Anybody who’s lived or worked in New York for any period of time knows that.  Wake up!

Where does this lead us in 2024 and beyond?  It’s going to get worse before it gets better. The discussions in earlier entries about the possibility of armed conflict seem more realistic today than ever before. Not a pretty forecast but I don’t know any way out of this quagmire without some sort of armed revolt and then the military putting down that revolt.

Talking and logic don’t seem to have any impact on people, particularly MAGAts. Republicans seem enamored with a bizarre interpretation of the 2nd amendment, which encourages mass ownership of assault weapons. Let’s save the gory details for later and try to enter 2024 with some degree of optimism. END ENTRY #500

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