15 April

The revolution that founded America was just over 250 years ago. What I think they and most of the rest of the world don’t notice is, that the US just keeps repeating that original revolutionary moment. Revolutionary societies often do that, the revolution destroys accumulated custom and tradition, meaning all people then know how to do is revolt. Look at today, people are still urged to ‘rise up’ in the US, all the time, against ‘kings’ and authority. That’s revolution 101. Most Americans will tell you this is what democracy is. ‘The people’ running the show, and rising up against tyranny. It absolutely isn’t what democracy is, it’s the classic definition of revolution. They’re stuck in a time-warp bubble from which they can’t escape.