global warming, exponentially growing population, melting ice caps, brutal weather fluctuations, worthless dollars, ballooning immigration issues, out of control debt, mass surveillance, compliant media,

crumbling healthcare, crippling student debt, unaffordable education, aging infrastructure, chemically altered foods, skyrocketing grocery costs, rampant narcotic abuse, corrupt banking system,

laughably corrupt political system run by lobbyists (i.e. money), perpetual war, big pharma price gouging, unwilling Fed, social media mob mentality, disappearing middle class, extreme terrorists decapitating everyone (including children), crumbling European Union, revived Cold War, hemorrhaging breaches in personal information due to inept cyber warfare

...and now this? Do we really need to burn our last fuse from both ends? It's not the pitiful state of our government that I'm upset with as much as I'm upset with the sheep that are content to keep herding from crisis to crisis, ignoring the pupeteering strings of our money worshipping masters. AKA your friendly lawmakers.

"We still live in the best country in the world!" just isn't good enough any more. That's the sound of a defeated citizen, content with watching the toilet swirl.

Problems like these don't get solved with statistics and old lines of thinking. Step outside the box, reframe the question, and work backwards to the solution. Think laterally.

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