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Shockingly, history shows us that when the people entrusted with upholding and enforcing the law themselves become lawless, you generally end up with society "taking matters into their own hands."
Considering elected officials and unelected officials blatantly getting away with wrongdoing has been happening since before I was born and I am officially a fucking old person, the idea that this is just about Trump and not about a legal system that is so broken that it has turned into the early Legalism phase of Fascism just reeks of missing the point, the historical examples, and how long this has been happening.
We let war criminals off the hook less than twenty years ago, and that's not even the half of it, going all the way back to Nixon, at the very least.
It's not that you're wrong, it's that the chance to fix things "within the system" flew the coop decades ago. Clarence Thomas and Gini Thomas are proof enough alone of that, let alone the three Justices who served on the legal team that helped get George W. Bush (cough War Criminal cough) get elected who all somehow ended up on the Supreme Court.
I will say, the parts that do have to do with Trump are pretty damning, though, too. Merrick Garland's hand was practically forced to bring charges against Trump. It literally took the classified documents case and Trump being so belligerently stupid with classified information that they could no longer look the other way. Why did he wait so long? To "not look political?" All it did was make him look political. A guy hiding behind politics so he wouldn't have to hold the political hot potato of indicting a former President. Ended up having to anyway because this guy in particular is so criminally insane.
I don't disagree with the rest of your comment. But I see the younger generation of our time and I have hope. Maybe foolish hope. Myself being part of the fucking old person crew. I don't think we're yet too far gone, but my goodness you're right, if it hasn't flown the coop yet, it's already got it's boarding pass.
I have a lot of hope in the youth as well! However, I try not to let that cloud me to the reality of a government that was never really created to represent all its citizens. America has had its good times, and it has had its time when its been a leader, hell it's still a leader in many ways, but so much of the power is so entrenched, I also worry for the youth's future.
I don't think your opinion is really unpopular per se, as much as many of us wonder if it's even possible anymore. God, if only we could still live in that world! If I could have faith that the people around me were participating in the systems therein in good faith, I wouldn't feel the way I do about the whole situation.
Cheers, mate. Thanks, by the way, for being willing to hear my perspective. It's nice when folks can find their common ground.