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W. Scott Cameron's avatar

Keep the flame burning!

Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

Thank you for your powerful essay.

Yes we will keep the flame burning

and welcome our fellow citizens

to rebuild together whatever is destroyed.

Each one of us IS the Republic

Manuel A. Garcia's avatar

I agree, Dr. Hall. Thanks for your kind comments.

Radha Nichole Smith's avatar

Once more, Manuel A Garcia, you have pointed out exactly the dis-ease in our country. At base are a couple of narcissists and a group of billionaire “techbros” who believe that the country needs further subdivision into smaller feudal units where poorer people are not allowed to exist.

These “states” are the blitherings of another techie who never made a billion dollars, Curtis Yarvin, who seems to be supported by Peter Thiel and other Trumpists.

Musk has now taken control of the Social Security Administration, no guarantee he’ll see any reason to send us old folks our checks or our Medicare.

I fully anticipate starving to death under the rule of these ghouls.

Manuel A. Garcia's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Radha. Awful situation; it is real and calls for resistance. Yarvin might be an example of how humans degrade into unfeeling automatons when they have single focus attitudes within a tech environment. An absence of meaningful human contact is deleterious to our individual and societal health.

Donna Butler's avatar

Manuel, you are so right. Many of those who voted for what has turned out to be a chaotic, freedom destroying government now regret their decision. Hopefully they will swell the crowd

to demand a return to democracy. I watched last night a PBS show about the statue of liberty.

How we need to keep that flame and message alive.

Manuel A. Garcia's avatar

Thanks for reading and commenting,Donna.