Ya u right, I just really struggle with anything political because for the past 40 years pretty much every standard of living metric in the US that matters has declined. Over that 40 years, the one constant seems to be giving more power to governing bodies, as well as just an overall increased focus in anything political, and of course money printing. I guess I’m just kinda a “burn it down slowly” kind of guy but I do get that we can’t really protect ourselves without allies.