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"Yesterday was a pivotal moment in American politics. Having won control of the
House of Representatives, the post-Trump GOP struggled — three times — to elect
a Speaker. The last time such a vote had to go multiple rounds? Over a century
ago.
Meanwhile, in Britain, an eerily similar scenario was unfolding. The nation in
dire, profound crisis — and the government, nowhere to be found, facing
literally scorn and condemnation from everyone to its medical establishment to
its scientists to its journalists to plenty of average people.
What’s going on here? This story is about many things, but it’s not just about
Kevin McCarthy, America, Trump, or even the GOP. It’s about something that I
can’t say until the very end, because, well, these days, when people hear
simple truths like the one I’m about to reveal — which you should already well
know — they react in a kind of near-comical rage and denial. So let’s cover the
bases first.
What’s going on here is that America and Britain appear to have become
ungovernable. They are fallen democracies who appear now not to be capable of
that most simple and fundamental of democratic tasks — self-governance.
It’s easy enough to say something like “the GOP’s Trumpist wing is holding it
hostage!! They won’t let a Speaker be chosen!” That’s true. They’ve demanded —
and gotten — concessions of all kinds, which amount to basically effectively
veto power from the GOP’s most fanatical wing over and every bill the House
will consider. There goes civilization, I guess. But the story’s much deeper
than that, and it’s about time that we all learned the lesson in it, instead of
— as we’ve been doing for over a decade — dancing uncomfortably around the
gigantic vampiric reptile beast in the room."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
