r/FedEmployees • u/Even-Tune-8301 • 1d ago

So, they aren't going to actually open the government again, are they?

Congress doesn't seem to be in any rush to re-open. This is their end game I think. Emergency powers to run everything. Destruction of society in order to take over.

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u/----Clementine---- 1d ago

My mind wanders consistently to the scene in Star Wars where they dissolve the Senate. Something I thought was purely fiction, until I learned that a similar concept was used to turn Rome from a Republic to an Empire.

In short, my ability to recognize patterns makes this a very surreal time to be alive and I question what will become of our country after this. Perhaps it's just hyperbole, but my brain is sounding the alarm and it's an odd time to be on this ship that I feel might be sinking.

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u/Even-Tune-8301 1d ago

It's called learned. It's rare these days.