"A Republic if you can keep it."
Ben Franklin knew what he was talking about. Who else to know the difficulties that lay ahead for us than those that had just had a revolt and risked everything?
Why did the US population become so complacent to begin with? Did we not have enough enemies to keep us busy? Perhaps too many enemies to keep track of? Perhaps not knowing who the enemies are?
Slowly, over time, slowly we forgot. The value of customs, things that we lack here, I suppose, helped make it so easy. But perhaps, other cycles are at work here and the structure is set to fail...
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