I am slowly coming to grips that we have the gummint we actually want.
I wouldn't mind this if I had somewhere else to go.
Somewhere that freedom and liberty are still things that are cherished, rather than things which have devolved into a punchline.
Where a capitalistic society reigns supreme, where men are rewarded for their smarts, talent and tenacity. And where "Land of Opportunity" is not a corporate logo which sounds good, but ultimately means jack-####.
My ancestors came HERE for that.
I and my children, however, have no such escape. There is no new world. There is nowhere - not one square inch - left on this god damned flying ####ing mudball of a planet that hasn't been conquered and now labors under the subjugation of some socialist, communist, fascist, or other tyrannical unpleasant-ist regime. Nowhere we can go to make something of ourselves on our own merit without working in the arbitrary confines of said regime. The one last outpost has become what it once vilified. And I have no hope that it will ever go back.
This country, which I love, labors under the ever-heavier government which I have grown to hate. And it's
still better than the alternatives.
I have lost all hope for humanity.