You don't really believe that, do you? Considering that it would take an Ammendment to keep Bush after this term, no serious claims of "rigging" or voter-fraud have occured in one of the most closely-observed (by all sides) elections in history, and that Bush won with a fairly naorrow (if conclusive) margin, I highly doubt that we're about to be come a "dictatorship" or have massively "rigged" elections.

Of course, we keep it that way by watching for and stomping on abuses. But, moving out of the country is a bit overkill; and how does it help your country if you do that?

In the wake of the election, I've noted a disappointing lack of patriotism, and a clear lack of understanding about the difference between patriotism and nationalism:

Nationalism has very little good effect, and almost always leads to abuses of power by the government. Patriotism keeps nationalism in check.

It's like the difference between loving Perl and insisting that Larry Wall is never wrong. It's quite possible to be dissatisfied with quite a bit of what Larry says and still love and work for the benefit of Perl. Likewise, I can disagree with nearly everything our President does, but I still love and work for the benefit of the USA. And, just as a blind devotion to Larry could threaten Perl -- it might lead to problems when he has a bad idea that gets implemented simply because "Larry sez" -- blind devotion to a government or its leader potentially threatens one's country.

radiantmatrix
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In reply to Re^2: The State of the Union by radiantmatrix
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