It definirely seems like checkmate. But we can't ever stop fighting until the final blow is struck against us. Even in defeat, conviction to see it through to the end as we can never know how weak they actually might be behind their facade of might. It could be the final grain of sand that becomes the catalyst to tipping the scales.
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The only way you fix this problem that existed since before the Constitution (and enshrined by the Constitution, btw, few understand), is to obsolete their system.