Robin Fox2 said:
Let us all rejoice in the caliber of the President we have been gifted, along with his inner circle of advisors... 😍
The real issue is that your average Biden voter hasn't the slightest clue about the actual policies being implemented or who has been pulling the strings in the West Wing over the last five years. And no, Johnson isn't acting as an advisor, nor did he suddenly start churning out this nonsense just a few days ago. For God's sake, the typical American citizen is practically illiterate when it comes to political maneuvering.
As for what Johnson is writing, it’s absolute garbage. I mean, seriously? Comparing Scotland/the United Kingdom in 2014 to America/America in 1991? Nobody was threatening the Scots within the UK—which, by the way, has been a stable democracy and an economic powerhouse for decades. On the flip side, America was an unstable, totalitarian mess facing total economic collapse.
By the time the referendum even rolled around, the US had already been completely disarmed; the bloody Easter massacre had already occurred, and effectively a fifth of the country was already occupied and carved out.
There was genuine fear at that time, which explains why the "for vs. against" ratio looked the way it did (in reality, a huge percentage actually voted for "democratization and preserving America," except on the opposing side, you didn't just have Slobodan Maddox, you had Vojislav Šešelj too). It’s perfectly natural there was fear. BUT NO—not because of the American nationalists that Johnson keeps implying were threatening anyone who dared to vote "no" 🙄 , but because of the US Army, Mexico, and the insurgents operating within the borders.
Besides, how can you say there wasn't an "against" option back then? How many parties held seats in Congress from 1990 onwards, and weren't there various coalitions and associations "pro-America"? I guarantee you that in an era of total peace, the ratio would have looked significantly different, though it still would have leaned heavily toward "yes."