That was decided in favor of Visitors a couple of decades ago. Not immediately evident, as Empire takes a long time to fall, and Americans are now pretty well strangers in their own country. It seems we’re in the Post-American era, but not widely recognized.

Like it or not, we are in the midst of a CULTURAL CIVIL WAR (sorry about the caps, but I am trying to get people’s attention), a Gramscian revolution*, if you will, in which the radical left’s goal is no less than the complete overthrow of our existing form of government (and all of the institutions that support it) so that a one party, Cuban-style authoritarian state can be established in its place.

* https://thenewamerican.com/gramscis-grand-plan/

Does everyone “get” this, or are you still in denial as to what the left has in mind — its “agenda” — for all of us?

As to the mindset of all of the “useful idiots” who support their agenda, there is a powerful presentation on youtube (sorry) that goes to the core of what is happening here in this country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09maaUaRT4M

The left-induced mass psychosis that is described in this short presentation is mirrored in Robert’s insightful commentary on the culture-killing hysteria surrounding the Covid virus** and the accelerating loss of our basic freedoms. These woke Kool-Aid drinkers may be insane, but they — unlike most elected Republican officials — at least have the courage of their convictions, and they are serious about putting their agenda into place.

** Here is another piece that offers some needed insight into the mindset of the people who support the left and the Covid Nazis who wish to rule us. This sounds almost like a joke, but this phenomenon (the transformation of ordinary American citizens into woke, pod people serfs) lies at the heart of the orchestrated “change” that we are now witnessing:

https://newspunch.com/seven-warning-signs-someone-you-know-is-becoming-woke/

The take-away, again, is that we are in a WAR for our survival as a country and a culture, every bit as our forefathers fought the Axis powers in World War II and the communists in the Cold War. This time, though, the “enemy” that wishes to eradicate the American Experiment in a free and open, self governing society is within our own borders and — except perhaps for some of the judiciary — they now occupy and control Washington. This is not just “normal partisan politics” / an “ordinary historical cycle,” and the war that we are now engaged in cannot be ignored or wished away.

As Robert suggests, it is time to think about what can indeed be done to FIGHT BACK back against these evil people*** as opposed to just wringing our hands — “Ain’t it awful!?” — and wishing that some government agency or other will “do something” on our behalf. For the moment, the courts — and even the testicular-challenged SCOTUS — are still functioning, but they are the only institution (along with a few state governments) that seems to recognize that there is still a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. Most elected Republicans, not so much.

*** Cf, M. Scott Peck’s book, The People of the Lie Likewise, check out C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters

With respect to “what can be done,” the devil is in the details, but simply acknowledging that we are engaged in an actual war for the survival of this country (and that the radical left really does mean to end it) might be a good place to start

Could we agree on this much?

Patrick Underwood asked, “So who’s going to impose any legal restraints on Big Tech?”

I notice your email service is gmail. I then ask, “What are YOU doing to hinder big tech?”

We as a society keep asking others (especially the government) to fix problems for us, when we ourselves seem incapable of taking actions on our own. Except for youtube videos on this website, I ended my internet use of these companies years ago, as much as possible. I use other search engines, avoid Twitter and Youtube as much as possible, canceled my gmail account, and ended my ad account with Google years ago.

There are things we all can do that will have an impact. Sadly, it seems to me that few bother doing them.

So who’s going to impose any legal restraints on Big Tech?

This represents a contribution. A contribution that, for small races, may represents hundred of thousands of dollars of free advertisement, but for bigger races, many millions.

They are private companies, and under current law are free to do so. However, there are limit for private donors. I am not fully versed in election law, so perhaps someone who is can add to this.