| firebush03 said: Trump’s approval will sink, but there is no chance the U.S. will be overthrown. There exist no armed militias in this country which could legitimately take on U.S. forces. (Plus, the CIA would prolly know of these plans well in advance. We are all surveilled 24/7 by our phones.) |
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
In every country, and the US is not an exception, these things work either because enough people have faith in the system or because enough people don't have enough faith to overthrow the system.
There's a reason why authoritarian governments spend so much time and effort on propaganda. There's a reason why North Korea, despite having nuclear weapons, despite having a military spreads propaganda about the outside world, and about Kim Jong Un.
You don't just have to keep the people in line, you also need to keep the military in line.
If you think that the US exists solely because of the military, you are incredibly mistaken.
It's a big reason why the US pushes patriotism so hard.
