The Collapse?

Collapse. Most of us know how to define that word. But just as a reminder, here’s the dictionary definition: “an instance of a structure falling down or in.’The collapse of a railroad bridge.'”

But for us, it might be the beginning of the collapse of the U.S. & democracy.

Are the homicides by ICE agents of 37-year old Renee Good and today the homicide of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, 37, the proof that even diehard trump supporters need to get it about trump and his admin? About their actual agenda? Their failed promises?

Many years back, around 1958, my dad woke up my sister and I and told us we needed to see history as it was happening. Caracas, Venezuela. The neighborhood of Las Mercedes. Mary and I hurried out onto the front porch and watched a parade of headlights speeding down the autopista – freeway- that ran down through the mountains to the coast.

The headlights were part of the dictator’s entourage, en route to flee  the country after he’d embezzled $13 million from the country’s treasury. Perez Jimenez ended up living out some of the rest of his life in a quiet luxury on  on Miami Beach. But…ended up in Franco’s right-wing Spain. Here’s the Wikipedia background.

So as I was reading through the Wikipedia stuff, I wondered how such an entry might one day read about the era of trump’s 2nd term, this first year. L.A., Chicago, Minneapolis…the No Kings protests, the dismantling of Medicaid, SNAP, NATO…. trump’s hunger to own Greenland, to claim Canada, to seize Venezuela’s oil…

I imagine there will be endless words written about how a convicted felon became prez….about how the supreme court granted him immunity for anything he does in his official capacity as prez… and how the republican congress stood by, so spineless and terrified of losing their jobs, that they abdicated congressional power to the orange monster. So spineless, in fact, that when the trump admin lied so blatantly about these two murders none of the repugs spoke out.

IF this is the beginning of the collapse, the horrors will continue to multiply. My city or yours may be invaded next by ICE and Mr. Deal Maker (ha!) will use the Insurrection Act to  cancel the midterm elections and declare himself prez for a 3rd term.Hopefully, we the people will continue to rise up, protest, & taking over the U.S. will prove so difficult for trump that his obesity and other health issues will do him in before he accomplishes his goal.

But, as several friends point out, in the rubble trump would leave behind, we would  get vance. Then we’re in the same place venezuela is now – Maduro the dictator  is gone, but his corrupt cabinet is still there.

So then what? Civil War?

World war because we have alienated all of our allies?

I want to believe that good is more powerful than evil, that we the people who value the constitution, the bill of rights, and everything else the U.S once represented, will be vindicated. Will win.