[FRIAM] How democracies die

[steve smith]

EricS wrote:
> I will stop now.  Even if any part of what I said above is roughly right, it is an epsilon of what needs to be understood, and others here will do much better than I can.

Bravo for another concise yet expansive analysis in an otherwise acutely 
disturbing moment...  a diffraction/reflectoin barrier which has already 
set up a huge amount of "ringing".

This along with the aspiration for this community being an "antenna 
complex" for filtering the overwhelmingly loud and large signals in an 
echoic chamber into something cogent and relevant gives me hope.

I apologize for the "ringy" noise I injected with my "Bros in Broville 
drinking Liberal Tears"... but as with Eric, I am hearing the echoes of 
"Grief and Rage" echoing through my home and social networks.   Even the 
dog is barking louder at the MAGA flag flapping in the wind next door!

- SteveS