re: #229 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
One sign of a functioning democracy vs a failed state is the ability to effect regime change without chaos or bloodshed.
I really hope America passes that test this time around as it got a D- last time.
Which was only really a half-step down from 2000s “Oh fuck it, let’s just give it to the Texan with the room-temp IQ, I’m sure he can’t fuck things up too badly in 4 years…”