As I watch the USA produce ever greater similarities (in effects) to some European countries in the 1930's, I shake my head and remember George Orwell from near the end of Animal Farm

roughly

"and the pigs looked from the men to the pigs and back again, and now could tell no difference"

Queensland killed off its Upper House - and later on Uncle Joh (recently deceased) then used the single house by mostly ignoring it and doing everything in Cabinet, which often consisted of only a handful.

Funny thing, he was going to have the Police Force Special branch wear brown shirts till he was convinced some worldly wise peopel that it might be a very noticeable and unfortunate thing....

If George and his nutter mates do enough damage before Yellowstone, then enough people just might vote for someone useful for the country & their best interests - but with only first past the post voting, I severely doubt it.


Never Mind - once Yellowstone blows its top, your worries are all over - the MidWest will be history - and they will all stay there waiting for God to bear them up in the Rapture....