Doomsider

The whole world is fascist now. The US spread it to every corner of the globe.

Even the countries that are considered progressive still have huge ever growing wealth gaps with the majority of their policies determined by the wealthy's favorite proxy corporate influence.

Instead of protecting our citizens, like you alluded to, they commit to continuous psychological warfare. The President of the US is essentially an abusive partner you can't leave.

The only silver lining is billions more people now have access to fresh water, food, and electricity. Their lives have been improved dramatically in the last twenty years.

Are you saying the US is left wing? Because they have a lot of socialist policies.

Are you saying the US army is left wing? Because they have a complete socialist structure.

The meaning of left and right wing were lost long ago.

Right: Supporters of the old order, the monarchy, and aristocracy.

Left: Supporters of the revolution, republicanism, and secularism, who wanted to change the existing system.

From the original definition the whole world is pretty much left unless they are ruled by a aristocracy or a monarch.

Of course you could also argue most Democracies are in name only and the wealthy still call all the shots. So that would mean the whole world is really right.

I think this highlights how useless these words have become even without the extreme polarization they have in places like the US.

That makes a lot of sense, thanks.

What is wrong with a bunch of wealthy racist land owners creating a country to benefit themselves?

Everything you learn growing up in the US is propaganda and objectively false. There is so much white washing bleach should be the national drink.

Security by obscurity isn't security at all.

People still care about Reddit!?

What they did is literally listed as an example of a unlawful order. So either they are incompetent or they are monsters. Either way you slice it they are murderers. Sad state of affairs.

The whole GOP is up Russia's ass unless you missed the whole Orwellian Russia is good Ukraine is bad rhetoric they desperately want the public to accept.

Listen, the US sells arms. It is a purveyor of death with business people playing both ends making money off of human death. This is not proof Trump is friendly to Ukraine it is a business transaction.

The truth is his apparatus (who really run things) have been brazenly hostile to the Ukraine. It is literally a game to see how much they can get away with. All while the innocents on both sides die.

I am absolutely astonished on how far low the US government can stoop. They have always been horrible, but when they take the mask off you see how truly disgusting the charade is.

My marriage is approaching 30 years now.

A lot of this goes without saying or as some would say common sense. Only there is no common sense as it is too subjective of a term. Look at me, I am already digressing and I haven't even started.

Everything you know about life and love will change in your lifetime. Everything you have learned is a half truth. You sometimes find happiness when you can find the whole truth for yourself. This often means you may end up in conflict with culture, society, or even family. This is normal.

If you love and care about yourself, you can truly love and care about someone else. Although there may be sacrifice in relationships, the factor that makes them work is how you build each other up. A marriage or any partnership should always be about helping each other achieve more.

Be grateful for your life and everything you have and everyone you know everyday. Say it out loud, tell it to the people in your family, in your friendships, in your workplace, and most importantly in your close relationships.

Not only is it important to say it, it is important to show it through your actions. A common trope is actions are louder than words. Both are actually important, although I do have a preference for people showing it because it validates what they say.

Treat people how they want to be treated. This blows the golden rule out of the water. Don't know how they want to be treated? This is normal. You ask them. Asking someone how they want to be treated and treating them that way is the surest way to gain respect.

Unless you save you are not paying yourself anything. If you spend everything you make you are literally stealing from your future. Always save everything you can and invest it if you want it to grow. Think twice about purchases, especially if they are major. Being a little thrifty in life is way better than living paycheck to paycheck.

People also like to ignore Trump tried to blackmail Ukraine into investigating his political rival for which he got an impeachment for.

Trump should not have any say whatsoever in anything related to the Ukraine.

It is staggering he could even be elected after this, but for Congress not to protect Ukraine from a straight up criminal is unconscionable.

Conspiracy theories are outlandish. Everything points to the fact that the majority of GOP was bought off by Russia. Pretending that just Trump is compromised is the only "conspiracy theory".

Great review with a good basis in history, logic, and facts.