The Imperial Presidency, Part 2

[Dartz]

Looks how many times they had to try to get Hitler, and who eventually did it for him in the end.

Anyway. It's an expression of the fact that more and more people are starting to feel like the ballot box is less and less likely to effect the changes fairly - when the system openly intends to take that ability away and make it as hard as possible. That's when the armalite gains in attraction.

[classicdrogn]

(Monty Python peasant voice) "It's only a difference of one letter!"

[Mamorien]

It's an expression of the fact that more and more people are starting to feel like the ballot box is less and less likely to effect the changes fairly

I don't know if it be* that bad in Ireland and other civilized countries, but here in Unistat, it's been shown by facts and figures that the effect of voter sentiment, however massive, on public policy is basically a rounding error, whereas the effect of major donor expenditures is immense and immortal.

* I like the present subjunctive and I cannot lie.