(#5837) I don't know if our American democracy will survive

      The warnings were given for more than 2 years that the end of our democracy was imminent with a victory for republicans. Yet those warnings fell on deaf ears. So instead of a happier brighter future for our nation we are currently falling steeply into an abyss that will not bring anything but darkness. It has only been less than a week and we still have over 200 weeks left to endure. I know we are at our hearts a strong country but at this rate of the disemboweling of our democracy by the republican party the chances are not looking good for our eventual survival. What happens after is autocracy and tyranny so I know we will fight hard to prevent that but odds are not good for us patriots to keep our current democratic process.
     I will lay blame here by stating the obvious, those who didn't vote and those that bought lies because they were too lazy to learn truths, this is on you. Nearly 250 years of democratic rule in America is about to come to an end and all that is because we as a society have lost our way. I share blame here because I obviously didn't do enough to make sure this scenario would never unfold. I was sure that the American people would never elect an adjudicated felon/rapist to our presidency. Not only his past as a warning but his present in advocating for the project 2025 manifesto would surely have resonated with most all voters who are not wealthy. Yet that was still not enough to defeat him.
     It is obvious also to me that I do not have a finger on the pulse of America. Values and honorable principles seem to be at a loss while ease and greed are at a premium. I suppose in the big picture we Americans deserve what is coming and without a doubt have no one to blame but ourselves. Our misplaced arrogance has fully captured our mindset so fully that we think others have to be better than what we expect from ourselves. We have become the selfish self deserving lot of uneducated that was shown to us as despicable when we were growing up. So instead of helping ourselves create a society that was enviable we have created a society that will crush us. We deserve what our imbecilic arrogance has brought forth.