Polls: Society & Politics

I have been remaining inside a lot unless I have to go out for food or essentials.

I went out to grab groceries. Keep in mind it is a Saturday evening. The sky had that summer haze and the sun was setting. It was almost silent. No one was interacting with each other. People were apathetic. It was almost dystopian.

I mentioned on another post I feel as if I am living in an alternate timeline. It shows how American society is socially torn and people have checked out. It is scary.

Political affiliation aside, just think about this.

These past two presidential terms, we have (and still do have) a geriatric person serving as the leader of the "free" world. Trump is nearly 80. A president is usually very busy, assumed to have a jam-packed schedule. There is a lot of moving parts and pieces, which can be overwhelming even for the average adult. There is great, bearing responsibility for a role of this magnitude. While there are many responsibilities that are delegated, there can be plenty of room for error or mismanagement.

Supposedly, the average life expectancy for a male in the US is around 76. Most elderly I have known have deteriorated around this age. Some military veterans who have aged have managed to maintain some mental sharpness. My former scoutmaster, who is now in his 80s and a former military veteran, has dementia and cannot even remember who I am. There are many risks, including a simple fall that can be devastating.

To me, common sense tells me something does not entirely add up.

Bringing politics back into the mix, yes, I voted for Trump these past 3 elections. Something just doesn't sit well with me today.

I think there is a lot of dire situations that are being shielded from the general public.

From what I can tell you for fact is everyone around me is experiencing immense stress and financial turmoil. Family units are deteriorating. Everyday essentials like food and shelter are squeezing people thin. People are very aggressive on the road. You can feel the squeeze and tension in the atmosphere. Chaos is becoming more obvious day by day. People have lost their ability to socialize and form meaningful connections.

I feel like I am in an alternate timeline of existence. Something is definitely not right.

This single freezer meal containing 4 tiny chunks of chicken with sauce, white rice, and a small piece of Naan bread was nearly $6.50. Just let that settle in.

This is just one example of the exorbitant grocery prices killing the budgets of everyday Americans. While $6.50 may not seem like much or the surface, these grocery costs add up.

Remember the days when you can walk into Subway and get a $5 footlong?

Yes, prices go up over time, but wages do not keep up. We are looking at inflation suffocating average Americans.

The middle class is struggling. If the Trump administration does not take a firm grasp of this soon, there will be another crisis on his hands.

Are urban environments a communal endeavor or just another arena for capitalism? Is the new, the modern, the "future" by definition better, more efficient, qualitatively improved?

Hear me out. While it's true the U. S. has the strongest arsenal, I think STRATIGECALLY, the RUSSIANS are best.

Hear me out. The Americans lost Vietnam. They lost the Cuban revolution. In the Iraq War, they recaptured 5 cities from Al-Qaida only to lose them again. They lost Afghanistan embarassingly. In Syria, they were getting their asses kicked for years. Every Arab country they intervened in is worse off. They won the Iraq-Kuwait war, but didn't finish off Sadam right there and then, which ultimately lead to the second Iraq War, which was a disaster.

While the Russians on the other hand, were mostly responsable for defeating Germany in WWII. Russia was able to regain control of Chechnya and keep the other "breakaway regions" In Syria, they held off the opposition for YEARS and Assad stayed in power longer then any other leader in the region! They annexed Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the Georgians don't even dare attempt to try to take them back. They took Crimea, and Ukraine hasn't been able to get it back. Zelensky has been getting his ass kicked in Ukraine.

Yes, they lost Afghanistan, but the Russians have historically had better results in their wars then the Americans. So how can people say the US military is the best in the world?

🇺🇸 Individual Income Brackets (Pre-Tax, Annual)

Bracket Income Range Approx. Percentile

Low income <$30,000 Bottom 25%

Lower-middle $30,000 – $55,000 25th – 50th

Middle class $55,000 – $100,000 50th – 75th

Upper-middle $100,000 – $180,000 75th – 90th

High income $180,000 – $500,000 90th – 99th

Top 1% $500,000+ 99th+

42 percent of fire departments in Tennessee are classified as At-Risk or Distressed

There are 5 levels of classification (from lowest to highest):

Distressed

At-Risk

Transitional

Competitive

Attainment

There are 79 percent more departments that are in the At-Risk and Distressed categories than there are in the Competitive or Attainment categories.

I am pushing for the Fire and Emergency Services Reform and Accountability Act (FESRAA). This act will also add protections into law for emergency service personnel, including immunity for off-duty EMS personnel who act in good faith during a medical emergency when help is far away. In addition, there would be incentives offered to volunteers to encourage recruitment and retention.

Return to the Land, an ethnonationalist organization, has established a whites-only settlement in Arkansas and plans expansion into Missouri. The members forming this "white people only town" say its to protect benefit and act as a stronghold for the white race of americans in the United states, that they apparently don't see it as being anything bad..

Welll being not white and born in the southern united states, all my life, I never seen how white people honestly anywhere in the south, or in america in general, being oppressed in any way. Historically there's only ever been white people having the lucky upper hand at every point of their life.

Just for a little example let's take the time black people did try and build a successful community. Just 1 state away. In Tulsa Oklahoma, It was called "Black Wall Street" it was made of a community of black owned businesses that actually thrived in the early 1900s. It didn't keep out anyone based solely on their race or LGBT status or beliefs. It was a community that welcomed everyone. But not long after it was seen as being successful. The Tulsa Race Massacre happened in 1921. All because some white residents that lived near it didn't like seeing blacks being able to have a successful self sustained community.

Now a days most Maga would claim this is just woke bullshit that shouldn't be taught in schools. But they're just wrong this is what happened and for some the only way some people would even hear about it is from the history books or a black person that remembers the events happening, even I didn't know about it until I heard it from my dad.

Look what I'm saying is it's not bad to just build a community. But when you actively push out people based solely on their skin, religion, or LGBTor immigrant status then thats just not fair and not right. Frankly it goes against what america has valued for the past 120 years.

But what do you think? Good thing or a bad thing?