Juan reminds me of Hillary Clinton; he just talks in circles until you forget where you started, but he's good at navigating what's actually being discussed without actually talking about anything at all. Absolute torture to the mind and ears.
We're at a point unfortunately where unless something does change very quickly, the country is absolutely finished. I know that sort of thing is said ad nauseam, but the midterms and 2020 were the nail in the coffin. If you can't secure power from the criminal cartel running our institutions and government agencies, then there will be no free elections ever again. Perhaps we've never really had them. But I'm tired of just kicking the ball down the road as a country, forgetting about last week's events and all the ones before it, and focusing breathlessly with each new deranged story in our culture. It's exhausting, and humans were not meant to carry the volume of these burdens. I've never known what to think about Q or this entire movement, but if there was ever time to dial up the heat on these swamp creatures, that time is now.
As a former Liberal (still classical liberal, I suppose), I really feel this. They just took things way, WAY too far. I wish we were in a healthier state in America where we could debate the finer political issues intelligently. Instead, the Far Left wants to just throw it all out and start over, claiming that any opponents are part of a racist system that oppresses everyone that isn't white.
Enough is enough. You fuckers took it too far, and you acted like spoiled children along the way. I've been absolutely done with the Democratic party and all their minions since 2016. And I'm never going back.
Liberals used to care about an open exchange of ideas and personal freedom and liberty. They became pretty un-cool when they started to align themselves with totalitarian ideas, pronoun police, political correctness, the elite class, and censoring their opponents. There's nothing liberal about them anymore.
Being a former "Lefty" myself, I've learned quite effectively that capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any other system on the planet.
Commerce is wonderful.
Look around you: You're surrounded by a plethora of options:
Products, services, residences, foods, technology, entertainment, etc.
Collectivism shuts down the free nature of commerce. It puts bureaucrats in front of choice, and it shuts down innovation. Using the state to distribute wealth is not only theft, it does nothing to aid in individual freedom and choice. Most importantly, it gives entirely too much power to legislators, and part of the success of America is that the state has not ruled the lives of the population. I don't know about you, but I don't really trust bureaucrats, and certainly not to distribute currency, food, or other basic needs.
Moreover, we are going through a phase of monetary theory; cash is being printed and debt is escalating into the trillions. This should highlight how irresponsible politicians are with your money. They spend way beyond what they collect each year. On one hand, they could continue to just spend indefinitely and give you cash forever; on the other, the value of the dollar will continue to shrink. As the debt continues to climb, just remember: it's your money and your children's children's children's money that will have to pay it all back. We used to care about budgetary choices, but now bureaucrats seem to spend at their leisure and rather inconsequentially.
One thing that surprises me about the modern progressive is their virtually unlimited trust in state actors to spend intelligently and treat the population fairly. They also seem to forget that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Why on earth would you want any system that gives the state such a broad range of power when there are literally both historical and modern examples of this failure? And don't point to the Nordic countries: by their own admission, they are not Socialist societies; they are indeed free market systems with large safety nets. Moreover, they pay for it to the tune of about 60 cents on every dollar earned.
I used to be a safety net kind of Democrat until I realized the progressives weren't going to be happy until everything was handed to the state. What you're asking for is a big question, and if you asked it sincerely, you will find no shortage of good answers. Pat yourself on the back. I did precisely what you're doing now 5 years ago, and I could never go back.
I didn't watch the inauguration.
I will not be watching press conferences.
I will not be participating in this administration in any way.
And I will resist all attempts to force vaccinations, masks, lockdowns, and indoctrination.
It's becoming clearer to me every day that Trump has something up his sleeve. No person would risk so much to be attacked not just publicly, but criminally. He risks his future, his wealth, his family. He's a strong guy, for sure, but only the most mentally insane would continue running for public office under this much heat. He can't be broken because we can't see the whole picture, and he's holding cards that he's waiting to play at the right time.