Gerrymandering, money in politics, the electoral college, disproportional representation, failing checks and balances.

This isn't going to be solved in a decade, probably not even a couple of decades.

The funny thing is it’s all cultural. It’s not some intractable thing, the path to fixing all this has been available for a long time. It’s a well studied domain with practical solutions abound.

But enough of the US citizenry that I share the nation with seemingly can’t see beyond their own horizons. No matter how bad it is, there is still enough people who can’t possibly see the value of the government doing anything useful. Government is exclusively the enemy. And in turn those who seek to ransack the system do so under the guise of pushing back against so called “government overreach” (a deliberately vague term) and continue to give the general public the raw deal

All because the elites got too greedy and decided to destroy the only successful labor movement in America (the New Deal coalition) because they wanted more money.

The speed of light is most frustrating. I find myself alternately wishing it was infinite or slowed down to 'disc world speeds' depending on which of the two would make my current project easier.

I'm seeing it all and I still can't believe it. The most unbelievable to me is that the Senate and Congress seem to have no red lines at all.

The senate has abdicated the power to declare war, like what else is left in terms of real power? There is no seperation of powers any more, its everything the founders feared coming true

That's a very astute observation, thank you.

And yet, nobody lifts a finger.

This character espouses a lot of the same drivel that the 'sovereign citizens' tend to throw around.

This is one of the reasons safety nets on savings exist in both the USA and in Europe (and probably other places as well about which I'm less informed). Even so, the tacit understanding is that this is more about preventing bank runs than about the practical effects on the currencies involved because it could very well be that that insurance will pay out in money that is worthless.

Russia is self destructing as we speak.

As far as I can see they have a massive uprise in industrial capacity and reformation in general. People underestimate countries in war.

There is a pretty good chance you're right on top of it.

And you have to wonder: if they do come out, are they truthful or are they fabricated.