Great essay. The UK has a similar issue.

I've asked myself the same questions. Don't know the answer, but I suspect these questions are becoming more and more common, and that's something in itself.

Decent article until the last doomy paragraph...

"To the degree that grift, government corruption, and “largesse” have replaced hard work, risk, and merit as the primary avenues for “success,” the Republic’s days are numbered. Sadly, I don’t see any signs in Washington that many of the people in charge of the system are very interested in fixing it."

... and why Trump/Q is tearing down the entire diseased temple, ushering the USA into the Golden Age... then WW. Biblical.

The con is still running strong! Until people wake up and realize they never needed any "rulers' (our mis-leaders) in the first place, the con will continue unabated....

This is what happens when God is removed from a society. Belief in God and accountability to God binds a society together and guides their behavior. The founders of our Republic knew this and believed that in the absence of God, the Republic would fall. How right they were.

Human beings were created with a spiritual hole in them that only God can fill. If God is not there, something else will try to take His place. Call it by whatever label you want, socialism, communism, environmentalism, humanism, social justice, or any other number of radical godless belief systems that exist out there. These belief systems become a cult like religion in themselves that turns their adherents into fanatics for the cause. A cause they believe should be followed by everyone, whether they want it or not - by force if necessary.

Much of the turmoil we are witnessing, and have witnessed in recent history, is the result of these cultists exerting their godless behavior on our societies. You will know a tree by its fruit. The fruit on these trees is rotten to the core and can only produce more rotten fruit. This is a spiritual war for the soul of this country and its people. We may lose a few battles along the way, but we will not lose the war. Look at the numbers of Gen Z turning to God in spite of the bad behavior. Thank you Charlie. We have God on our side.

Conned is understatement of the century

Were We Patriotic Americans Conned?

Yes.

We ALL were...