I have some faith in a few concepts I have picked up over the years.
One of those is that no system built on lies is sustainable, and sooner or later they all collapse - just like the Soviets collapsed, even as it did take them 70 years to get there. Russians are stubborn people and are not known to quit anything easily. Believe me when I say they explored every possible way to try and get that Communism to work. They bent over backwards.
So sure, today's clown world may seem to be off and running - but running into what? Over a cliff perhaps? Sure looks that way to me. They are just the communists of modern times, and they are just as fucked as the others were. They will also fail, completely.
Meanwhile, I am not hearing any stories about the starving Amish, are you?
Perhaps building a buffer of independence, a foundation of self reliance, standing away from this failing system, so as not to get caught in the crossfire.... perhaps that is not such a bad thing after all.
It's a goal, something worthy to strive for, and possibly the largest payoff of all.
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