That's because a large number of Americans suffer under the delusion that their country is Special, and things don't happen the same way here as Those Other Places. Not ever.
And this presents a tricky issue for the people who crave more and more power, more control, more authority, either out of true greed, or a warped sense of American manifest destiny (and via that, the delusion that the one, true America is something that they must protect, and bring about either by law, or by disregarding prior laws).
They push more and more, but not quite too far yet, possibly still cautious about tipping their hand. They believe that much of their supporters will fall in line behind them, but know they don't have quite enough. So those like President Shrub continue to make little moves like these, trying to lay the groundwork for the sort of control they really believe is necessary to protect the American Way (even if you have to destroy it, to do it).
As usual, the first people to suffer as things get worse will likely be the poor and disenfranchised - they simply don't have the money to fight back properly or make themselves important to the type of dominionists who have been manipulating the United States for a while now.
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That's because a large number of Americans suffer under the delusion that their country is Special, and things don't happen the same way here as Those Other Places. Not ever.
And this presents a tricky issue for the people who crave more and more power, more control, more authority, either out of true greed, or a warped sense of American manifest destiny (and via that, the delusion that the one, true America is something that they must protect, and bring about either by law, or by disregarding prior laws).
They push more and more, but not quite too far yet, possibly still cautious about tipping their hand. They believe that much of their supporters will fall in line behind them, but know they don't have quite enough. So those like President Shrub continue to make little moves like these, trying to lay the groundwork for the sort of control they really believe is necessary to protect the American Way (even if you have to destroy it, to do it).
As usual, the first people to suffer as things get worse will likely be the poor and disenfranchised - they simply don't have the money to fight back properly or make themselves important to the type of dominionists who have been manipulating the United States for a while now.