Dark times indeed.
Renaissance/awakening or a collapse look to be mid term options. History is moving faster and we wont get the 400yrs the western part of the roman empore got after shifting from republic to empire.
Thought to ponder: after rome fell w europe sunk to levels of development below those they had when they first were influenced or intergrated with rome. Took them 1000yrs to recover back to where rome fell.
Indeed.
Iv always believed since I left LE in the early 90s that LE was quickly becoming the "standing army" our founders were concerned about. With the influx of military equip started by Clinton, the let's look and act like military from LE, to the patriot act....I could list more but you get the picture.
We have hard times ahead. I still believe that LE is the cause of most if not all their issues we gripe about. LE needs to take a long look into the mirror. Dallas PD is damn lucky they came up against this idiot, and look how far he got. If it had been one or more folks with military training, it could have been a much different outcome.
Concerning this event, I am afraid it will be used as a rallying call to become that standing army.