mike says things sometimes

So as I sit here alone on another saturday night, I was cruising google reader before I head off to bed and found this post by PZ over at Pharyngula about raids being conducted to “protect” the RNC.  While in and of itself a frustrating thing, in the comments there was a link to this site at the Cato Institute.  This is one of the more depressing things I’ve read in a while, but it brings to my mind once again the big question….does it even matter anymore what we think about the goings on of the United States?  Are we too far gone to stop the inevitable slide to Fascism.

So as I sit here with my now slightly vodka addled mind pondering this question, a quick cruise of my 3 minute IT memory leads me to think about these connections:

Greece – started as democracy, absorbed into roman empire

Rome – started as democracy and republic, at its demise was tyrannical and fascist.

USSR – started as monarchy, revolted to a country based on the working class, ended in fascism before its collapse

I’m sure there more, and I’m probably not making my point very well, but what I’m getting at is that it seems to me that at some point most nations reach their height, and at that height try and place a type of dictatorial control over their people.  Eventually, the people will have had enough of their shit and revolt, and the cycle starts again.  Are we at the end of the Nation of America, and truly beginning to embrace in full on fascistic ways the American Empire we actually are?  The Empire that doesn’t want to be, yet has forged itself anyhow?  Should we rush out and stock up on MRE’s and guns for the revolution, or sit back and play xbox as we obliterate ourselves?

Its incredibly depressing.  I’ve been a political junkie since about 04, and what I’ve now come to realise is that it’s all in vain, its fucking depressing, and I don’t really see a point any longer.  On the one hand we have McCain and Palin, the guy who doesn’t know WHAT he stands for, and the ultra religious bitch with no experience other than being the mayor of fucking WASILLA.  Then we have Obama who voted for Telco immunity and the further eroding of our constitutional rights.

So here’s to you this once great country of ours.

May we all burn for our apathy, and hopefully we’ll all get eaten by zombies or something, cause there ain’t much left here to save.