August 29, 2022

Three Signs We’re in a Banana Republic

By J.B. Shurk at American Thinker:

Satirist Sol Luckman defines “banana republic” in his irreverent glossary,The Angel’s Dictionary, as a “lawless society where the monkeys rule.”

Looking around the United States today, it’s hard to say we don’t fit his meaning.Nearly80% of Americansbelieve we live under atwo-tiered system of justice.Likewise, in Gallup’s recent survey of Americans’ confidence in U.S. institutions, itnotes, “This year’s poll marks new lows in confidence for all three branches of the federal government — the Supreme Court (25%), the presidency (23%) and Congress.”Of sixteen institutions tested, confidence in the U.S. Congress sits at the very bottom with a scant 7%!Even though there is now “record-low confidence across all institutions,” confidence in the Office of the Presidency suffered thelargest year-over-year drop in 2022— cratering 15%!In other words…