A chilling prediction
— An opinion from a retired judge —
I am a retired judge and lifelong student of the law. I started my university training 68 years ago. One of my first classes was a political science class. In our political science textbook, there was a succinct half-page article that listed the steps that would lead to the overturning of a democracy. Here they are:
- Divide the nation philosophically.
- Foment racial strife.
- Cause distrust of police authority.
- Swarm the nation’s borders indiscriminately and unconstitutionally.
- Engender the military strength to weaken it.
- Overburden citizens with unfair taxation.
- Encourage civil rioting and discourage accountability for all crime.
- Control all balloting.
- Control all media.
What was printed in 1954 as a diabolical nightmare has become an emerging reality in today’s American society. I hope that Americans can unite well enough to pen a fitting epitaph. Keith M. Alber, California.
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