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I've been recounting the story that the only killing committed by the mob that invaded the Capitol was of a police officer who died when a fire extinguisher was thrown at him (not on the spot, but later). I assumed he would have suffered a fractured skull.
Now it turns out that this is probably another mainstream media lie. https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/02/05/cnn-finally-acknowledges-the-story-me...
I'm sorry I helped spread this Leftist falsehood.
In theory, I know that things are changing rapidly in America, and that what we took for granted for decades -- the basic honesty of the press, even if sometimes they slanted the news a bit, or left things out, or the basic neutrality and honesty of the justice system -- is now no longer valid.
But knowing this in theory, and really making it part of one's daily working assumptions, are two different things.
I still don't really understand why America is decaying internally so fast. This isn't happening in the rest of the Western world -- there are symptoms, yes, but not the full-fledged raging fever that has gripped the United States.
If anyone has any idea, or can recommend any good things to read that might explain it, I would be grateful for your suggestions. I know about 'all empires end eventually' theories, like John Glubb's 'ten generations' observation. But most of these theories lack a plausible mechanism for the decay. (Maybe there's a relevant theory among the 250 or so theories which supposedly have been put forward to explain Rome's fall -- I haven't read them all! -- but if so, I haven't seen anyone try to apply one to our predicament.)
As the ship sinks, we should at least know why it's sinking.
Now it turns out that this is probably another mainstream media lie. https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/02/05/cnn-finally-acknowledges-the-story-me...
I'm sorry I helped spread this Leftist falsehood.
In theory, I know that things are changing rapidly in America, and that what we took for granted for decades -- the basic honesty of the press, even if sometimes they slanted the news a bit, or left things out, or the basic neutrality and honesty of the justice system -- is now no longer valid.
But knowing this in theory, and really making it part of one's daily working assumptions, are two different things.
I still don't really understand why America is decaying internally so fast. This isn't happening in the rest of the Western world -- there are symptoms, yes, but not the full-fledged raging fever that has gripped the United States.
If anyone has any idea, or can recommend any good things to read that might explain it, I would be grateful for your suggestions. I know about 'all empires end eventually' theories, like John Glubb's 'ten generations' observation. But most of these theories lack a plausible mechanism for the decay. (Maybe there's a relevant theory among the 250 or so theories which supposedly have been put forward to explain Rome's fall -- I haven't read them all! -- but if so, I haven't seen anyone try to apply one to our predicament.)
As the ship sinks, we should at least know why it's sinking.
