100%. Politics are cyclical. Pendulum is always swinging.
Everything will be fine.
Economy can't shoot shit forever.. I still need to add some Garretts to my time attack build.
100%. Politics are cyclical. Pendulum is always swinging.
Everything will be fine.
Kind of agree, but it does seem the swing is always shifting leftward overall.100%. Politics are cyclical. Pendulum is always swinging.
Everything will be fine.
I agree. I used to work in an impoverished school district in SoCal and I currently work at the most diverse university campus in the US. Many of the younger people who were brought here by their parents illegally or were born here after their parents came into the country illegally are hard working, church going folks (usually Catholic). They just want a chance in the US. I'm not saying there aren't bad people coming across the border, I'm saying that the majority are people just looking for a better life for their families and kids and their kids (I have worked with many) are decent people.While the border is a lawless joke, I can’t help but feel like I would rather coexist with more of those people than most city dwellers.
You said we are heading straight into a shithole country. I disagree with that message...but I do agree that we need tighter borders and we need to enforce the law at the border.You disagree with my overall message & post a link with factual information with several charts defining the crux of my overall message?
Got it..
Kind of agree, but it does seem the swing is always shifting leftward overall.
cruxYou disagree with my overall message & post a link with factual information with several charts defining the crux of my overall message?
Got it..
The US will make it.
The better question, will the US that we want to live in and raise a family make it?
The pendulum is always swinging. However, I believe it no longer swings equally.
I think we are just really getting started. Lol
5 kids at Clark High School all got perfect scores on the ACT. Meet the 5 students who got a perfect ACT score at this Las Vegas high schoolI agree, this is a bump in the road. Just like the OP, concerns have crept into my mind about the world for my kids (ages 12 and 14), but I think it will be OK long term. For right now though, it is going to be a bumpy ride for a while.
So much of the focus in media, social media, message boards, etc. is negative and divisive. However, I tend to think that the number of decent people far exceeds the indecent jackasses. For example (and I'm sure @VegasMichael will attest to this): All we hear about on the news locally is how our school district is in shambles. Violence is up, we are failing our kids, etc. My kids have had great experiences so far in their lives within the district, and a colleague of mine shared that on "signing day" at her son's high school (not for athletics but just to celebrate where the school's graduates will be heading to college) kids announced their acceptances to the Air Force Academy, USC, UCLA, ASU, Stanford, Michigan, and every Ivy you can name. Yet you won't get a story on the news about this; they will cover how a boy mooned the principal while the school bus drove away on the last day of school.
My point is, the exceptions to the rule and the outlandish stories get all the attention, while the vast majority of people go on with their lives doing good for themselves, their neighbors, their families, and their communities. Keep the faith...
I get what you're saying, one of the many things that drives me insane is the election bullshit and how evidence keeps piling up and it seems not one person in power is questioning anything. Also how the EPA/ATF/FBI and so on get to do whatever the hell they want with no one questioning them. That's what makes me worry about this country and if will make it.I agree.
I mean... the Thread question is a pretty broad one.
Will the USA make it in 50 years? Yeah, I definitely think so.
500? Nope. No way.
This is all very true and I why it's important to remember history.5 kids at Clark High School all got perfect scores on the ACT. Meet the 5 students who got a perfect ACT score at this Las Vegas high school
Another senior got a full ride to Harvard. Local student earns one of the highest GPAs in CCSD history
The school district has its problems but it's not a complete failure like many like to portray it.
To answer the OP:
Our country has been through worse and come out fine. Look at the 20th Century:
WW1 and Spanish flu, Depression, WW II, Korean War, polio, rock and roll music(lol) which many thought was evil and would ruin the minds of our youth, Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, counterculture of the 60s and 70s which many thought was so harmful, The Cold War, 70s gas crisis and inflation, Iranian hostages, high interest rates in the early 80s, Operation Desert Storm. We made it through. Then in the 21st Century: 9/11, war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Credit Crisis and stock market/real estate meltdown, Coronavirus, rampant illegal border crossings, droughts, wildfires, political divisiveness and hatred and now crazy home prices and rents and inflation. It all sucks but we always marched on. Like Warren Buffet has always said: Betting against America has always been a bad bet.