It can happen quick.
No doubt Rome thought – and at one time was – special. But Rome begged random barbarians for salvation. Russia did not transition from Czar to western democracy – but rather a hellish utopian elite monstrosity. Why shoudn’t it happen here – or is the public sector Peronism of South America our destiny.
If we are always but a generation removed from the jungle, then one can see dystopia all about.
copyright 2014 Jim Barnes