[Rainbow Crow]

Umberto Eco has the best articulation of Fascist failings. "The enemy is simultaneously too strong to ignore yet too weak to put up any real resistance." (sic) This leads to a weird kind of hysteria.

Western liberalism has a very similar problem, "The enemy is simultaneously too strong to ignore yet too weak for us to have to do anything ourselves." I think this well explains why they are so preachy yet donate less to charity and politics than the conservatives they accuse of being greedy and evil, bitch about climate change but don't lower their own energy consumption, so on and so forth.

[starman2003]

If anything the fact that such a thing can happen without a civil war following is evidence in favor of the idea that democracies are better at dealing with problems non-violently.

But ours has not stopped burgeoning debt for decades. It is not dealing effectively with problems, which may ultimately lead to a coup, and a new regime using force and violence to the extent necessary.

[Someone5]

But ours has not stopped burgeoning debt for decades.

Obviously the goal of the government is not to cut the debt down. That they have not "stopped burgeoning debt" simply means that it isn't a primary goal at this time. It's not what the people as a whole want--despite the fact that some people may feel the debt is too high.

It is not dealing effectively with problems, which may ultimately lead to a coup, and a new regime using force and violence to the extent necessary.

How so?

[starman2003]

Obviously the goal of the government is not to cut the debt down. That they have not "stopped burgeoning debt" simply means that it isn't a primary goal at this time. It's not what the people as a whole want--despite the fact that some people may feel the debt is too high.

Sure, in our democracy, the primary goal of politicians must be to get elected, if necessary by giving consituents the benefits they want, regardless of whether the country can afford it or not.

How so?

How can the problems lead to a new system? Ultimately by causing some economic meltdown of sufficient magnitude to force people, including some in the armed forces, to get an alternative.