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SeattleUte · 06-15-2007, 06:07 PM

Please for a moment suspend your belief that we are in the latter days and the Second Coming of Christ is imminent. Is it more likely than not that in the next thousand years America will become an authoritarian state?

Colly Wolly · 06-15-2007, 06:18 PM

Sorry, I couldn't stand the sight of 100% yes.

SeattleUte · 06-15-2007, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Colly Wolly

Sorry, I couldn't stand the sight of 100% yes.

People are scared to vote, it seems. Says a lot.

All-American · 06-15-2007, 06:20 PM

Well, it's only been 20 minutes.

BarbaraGordon · 06-15-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

People are scared to vote, it seems. Says a lot.

Perhaps, Seattle, they don't appreciate the tone that preceded your question.

All-American · 06-15-2007, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Perhaps, Seattle, they don't appreciate the tone that preceded your question.

I actually thought it was more tactful than usual. I didn't mind.

BigFatMeanie · 06-15-2007, 06:28 PM

No - because when the constitution is hanging by a thread a Mormon will come on the scene, as if riding in on a white horse, and save it.

Tex · 06-15-2007, 06:29 PM

I rarely vote in arbitrary polls, because I think they're silly. But I'll post two thoughts on the topic:

1. Anyone who thinks he has any idea what the future holds in 50 years, much less 1000, is wallowing in existential fiction.

2. The attitude that America could not hold her principles high for that amount of time strikes me as hopelessly pessimistic.

BigFatMeanie · 06-15-2007, 06:32 PM

The "next thousand years" is a pretty long time frame. If you want to use a timeframe that long then I would have to say "No"

Why? Because within the next thousand years America as we know it will no longer exist. The planet Earth will be renamed "America" and it will be one of the founding planets in the United Federation of Planets.

SeattleUte · 06-15-2007, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Perhaps, Seattle, they don't appreciate the tone that preceded your question.

Barbara is the self-appointed board person who keeps Seattle humble. Not sure why but I tend to have this effect on women with intelligence, character and panache that I spend much time with.

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06-15-2007, 06:07 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Will America become an authoritarian state? Please for a moment suspend your belief that we are in the latter days and the Second Coming of Christ is imminent. Is it more likely than not that in the next thousand years America will become an authoritarian state? __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

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06-15-2007, 06:29 PM	#8
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	I rarely vote in arbitrary polls, because I think they're silly. But I'll post two thoughts on the topic: 1. Anyone who thinks he has any idea what the future holds in 50 years, much less 1000, is wallowing in existential fiction. 2. The attitude that America could not hold her principles high for that amount of time strikes me as hopelessly pessimistic. __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young

06-15-2007, 06:18 PM	#2
Colly Wolly Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,281	Sorry, I couldn't stand the sight of 100% yes.

06-15-2007, 06:28 PM	#7
BigFatMeanie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Jordan Posts: 1,725	No - because when the constitution is hanging by a thread a Mormon will come on the scene, as if riding in on a white horse, and save it.

06-15-2007, 06:32 PM	#9
BigFatMeanie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Jordan Posts: 1,725	The "next thousand years" is a pretty long time frame. If you want to use a timeframe that long then I would have to say "No" Why? Because within the next thousand years America as we know it will no longer exist. The planet Earth will be renamed "America" and it will be one of the founding planets in the United Federation of Planets.