I do not participate online as much as I once did, but I felt I should say a bit here. I agree with you on many levels, and respect what you have said. The country seems to have lost its mind, and the world is not any better. Especially the English speaking world that it is easy for us to get our news from. I often wonder if 5 eyes isn't creating an intentional narrative of the world view that we have. Is it all a distraction from the collapse of the US dollar?

I am not sure what's going on, but I am sure that lines are being drawn. The way that people talk is so entrenched, so black and white, so us verses them; its the talk of people who are not willing to compromise. Its the talk that leads to civil war. I often think that agencies are trying to steer the narrative to eventually benefit their cause. But I think this time they are loosing control.

I wish I didn't live so close to Seattle. I wish I owned property with land. I wish my extended and immediate family agreed with me, even a little bit. I wish this wasn't happening.

But I am glad for places online like this. For people who have sanity and decency like you. We are not all shills and bots. We are not all crazy, or extreme. Thanks to everyone with a sense of humanity and decency left in them, thanks for being out there.