I’ve heard many conspiracy theories lately, theories of how the Republican Party is playing chess with the American government—positioning key players into a strategic trap in order to keep Bush and his executives in power indefinitely. The theories go on saying that Bush, in a truly Palpatine-like coup, will decide the country is in too great a state of terror for him to simply leave office come Election Day, but rest assured he will relinquish his power when the level of threat is permanently in the green.
These conspiracy theories seem to be just that—theories. The idea that the American People are dumb enough to allow such an atrocious coup to happen is fairly far-fetched to me. With media throwing news at us every nanosecond of a day, and with constant coverage of similar government magic-tricks, I find it hard to believe that the American People would allow the wool to be pulled over their eyes so easily. In my heart of hearts I know that the American People wouldn’t stand to see the system that has not only survived but became one of the strongest powers in the world destroyed by a handful of people.
But what if it did? What if the government was able to fool us just long enough to keep the current regime in power? Now we have a new form of government—a dictatorship disguising itself as the same democracy it always was. The problem is that this dictatorship is governing under a certain set of principles and values, principles that the entire population of
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