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Oh, I don't think we're doomed at all. They are. Just look at the damned fools overplaying their hand. I was merely pointing out the stakes. They are existential. It's us or them, by their own account. Maybe you and I disagree about that.
Of course the Constitution doesn't matter. It's a piece of paper with words on it -- better ideas by better people have been uttered for centuries. We can, indeed we must, do better. Furthermore, it is currently sitting defenseless against a proverbial serial arsonist. But it's past its prime regardless how they wipe their collective ass with it.
I was there dude. I was a devout member of the Evangelical movement before gay marriage bans were overturned. Their reaction is one of the reasons I left. They hate the gays. You think it's just a light smattering of bigotry? It's way beyond that. Those people are in charge now. They're all cozy with the billionaires, or so they think. They want to nuke the Middle East to make Jesus come back, and they've got the red button now. They're hateful, evil, arrogant, delusional, and insane. They've been waiting for decades for the chance to get rid of the gays, and they miss the times back when they could. This is the best chance they'll ever get. Yes, they're gonna go for it. The billionaires do not give a fuck about anybody, but are happy to throw them a bone, as the powerful always do with the gullible.
But sure, theConstitution will stop them. Any day now.
I'm glad we agree on something. You might say you care about these issues the same or even more than your downvoters, but you're in denial that it can't get worse, that our enemies are "too smart" not to capitalize on keeping us alive and happy. I doubt that. We care about these things just like you, but you might take it more seriously in light of history.