%% EVIL empire PS\ WHO says income , guns/ ammo or stocks /ETFs,or markets should be equal?? LOL,, life + markets do not work that way, nor should they.................................................................
The idea of America is mostly good. It's the people who run it who are mostly bad, because America's citizens make mostly-bad choices with their votes.
...additionally... Even if voters elect a 'good' candidate, they've elected him/her into a well-entrenched system of corruption, which will typically corrode the finest of men and women. This happens not just directly due to ignorant/dumb voters; but also because ignorant/dumb voters don't hold elected officials to the rules, laws, and required ethics. (Individual 'A,' Etc.) So a shady candidate has little fear with taking their shot at getting some of the corruption pie. Social media and the www has allowed this dumbassery to spread, and to unify like-'minded' individuals--as we witness in the news daily. This hasn't gone unnoticed by adversarial foreign powers. They stoke the flames systematically. The American Experiment will get much worse...and that's because of a poor educational system. An educational system ought not just teach facts, it needs to teach, to a minimum extent, 'how to', and 'how not to' think. So that certain individuals can know when--considering the evidence--babies aren't likely being eaten at a pizza parlor; to know when RFID chips aren't likely in vaccines; space lasers; passed-away leaders rising from the dead; etc. etc. without waiting for men with one-letter names ('Q') to tell them what to believe. Dumbest generation ever.
Then why has "The American Experiment" done so well for 245 years? Last I looked, this was still the greatest country in the world. Just ask the 1st generation Asian and Indian immigrants that run over 60% of the Fortune 500 companies out there. Kids that were born dirt poor. Or ask @UsualName for the wiki link to Ken Langone... another 1st generation American that created billions in wealth and over 1000 millionaires. I know you don't believe that. 90% would help you out as a stranger without even giving it a second thought. Good deeds for other folks are a natural high. You really are. Why do ya wanna f it up? That's what I don't understand. Quit watching TV and reading bs written by those that only want to highlight the other 10%. Less than 10% actually. More like 2%.
Why did the Roman empire do so well for hundreds of years? What difference did that answer make? So, what you're saying is, wait until after it becomes a shit hole before raising the alarm? (Dumbest Generation Ever) Those opinions are relevant to the facts how? There is no "you" in generation ... only "we." Issuing warnings is fucking "it" up? (Dumbest Generation Ever) Shocking. So, as long as we keep our head in the sand, all is good! (Dumbest Generation Ever). Empires and nations never fall once established as long as no one says anything negative about them. One, big ass, clown show.
Were you alive during the Roman Empire? I wasn't, but I watched Spartacus a few years ago. They didn't seem all that enlightened. (and before you even go there, i say that tongue in cheek) And "what do the leaders of Fortune 500 companies" have to do with anything?!!! Everything. This country enabled them to be rewarded for brains and hard work. Rewarded quite well from what I see. What is your problem with this country? The 2% idiots? Ya think you won't get that anywhere else? Try Nigeria, Iran, Ghana, Yemen, China, N. Korea, Turkey, and dozens of others. Wtf do you want?!!!! The world is not ice-cream and unicorns. It doesn't work that way. Grow up, read, and snap the f out of it for god sake.
I'm in awe of your level of unadulterated, situational awareness; and your ability to communicate such. You'd make a fine politician.