August 1, 2016

Regime Change in America: The Jacobins Call Out "Death to the Ancien Regime"

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The Ancien RĂ©gime

The tumbrils creak in worn grooves
Along the roads of slate,
Retracing gutted years of sand
Whose distance storms debate.

Their passengers stand fixed as stone
While faces cheer from snow.
The blade awaits it's midday meal,
When above becomes below.

Innovations carved from clouds
Give despair and dance new measures.
The blade reflects its evening meal
When kings slake lower pleasures.

Arrived at Now they gaze at mist
Where granite horses roam.
Their schedules as fixed as dark.
Their future -- structured foam.

The head within the basket sees
Vast parliaments of sky.
The ears hear but the fading surf
As the past gone years drift by.



"They don't trust their leaders. The anger would fall greatly with regime change.
It wouldn't end until problems get solved, but the public doesn't want to swap a Democrat for a Republican, they want actual regime change, which would require firing people down to mid-level bureaucrats and major media outlets. Imagine a major news organization having to fire most of their reporters because they don't know anyone who is in power in DC, and the people in power don't like them and refuse to talk to them. Then you have an idea of the level of regime change required. This isn't a solution, but a lot of the anger would go away." Unorthodoxy: They Still Don't Get It

Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 1, 2016 1:21 PM
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The problem is, this usually ends with a Napoleon crowning himself Emperor.

Posted by: Skorpion at August 1, 2016 5:50 PM

Fine. I'd take Napoleon in a red hot minute over what the country has now. France was better off under Napoleon than under the Directorate, no question.

Posted by: Quent at August 1, 2016 5:57 PM

What frustrates me about Trump is that doesn't recognize it.

If he promised to fire half of the 2.5 million federal civilian employees, he'd win a landslide. Instead he's distracted in a Twitter war with some Muslim guy.

Posted by: Drake at August 2, 2016 5:54 AM

"One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution. One makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.". George Orwell

Posted by: Fjord at August 3, 2016 5:41 PM