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Optimistic that you think we’re going to have a future to have presidents in
Things are not great right now (to put it mildly) but I don't think it's the unrecoverable death-spiral that so many are hoping for. Time will tell.
if humans don't sort out their politics/economics within a generation, im afraid it really is the beginning of the end. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/collapse-critical-atlantic-current-amoc-no-longer-low-likelihood-study
Did you miss the election rigging and projecting that on the opposition?
Or subordinating media. Or their nurturing paramilitary groups to use like black shirts?
There is maybe one longshot chance in 2028 and we do not have leadership that can pull it off, still suckling at the teat of the establishment grooming newsom as the next weak sold out non reformer aristocrat to run on I am not the other guy offering empty platitudes not attacking the oligarchy or threatening their positions.
Like I said, things aren't great. Sometimes I'll employ a little understatement. Hasn't been this bad yet in my lifetime but "USA Civil War II" hasn't gone hot yet (for better or for worse). This country needs to vomit those poisonous fucks out, I'm just hoping we don't choke on it in the process.
It is not even going to be like a civil war, we would need organized opposition for that. This will be a Reign of Terror. Almost all one way persecution of an ever-expanding group of people. Unless of course they lose control in 2028 but that seems increasingly unlikely given the same , unpopular, and sold out establishment leadership still controls the opposition party. No ambition let alone any fight, not a single Challenger for house, or senate, or even the presidency when anointing a candidate that never breached 30% popularity with four months to go. We were offered no reform, no fight against the people openly screwing us. Same worsening Healthcare and Drug system, Silicon Valley tightening the screws, and so forth. Not even a single fucking issue. They did not personally call out a single company or their leadership in any strong way.
Not a chance any of them lead a campaign to protect Americans from getting hurt.
To be fair, Putin is also called President
Putin also might attack Europe and trigger a world war. Do you really believe that humanity would survive ww3 and still have presidents after that? Trump is working with and enabling Putin. I’m not trying to argue with you you’re correct on your point I was just giving my perspective.
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones”
The second quote was from an anonymous young army lieutenant stationed at Bikini Atoll who interrupted a conversation among news correspondents there discussing the weapons of the next war. (He originally said spears.)
This is a good read. They investigate the origins. It was a common sentiment around ww2 and it was said frequently in different versions including by Einstein. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/16/future-weapons/
Changed it still a good quote