08-24-2024, 02:54 AM
(08-24-2024, 02:20 AM)l0st Wrote: I have always held similar beliefs to those you describe until recently. I fail to see the point in participating in a system of laws in which the politicians involved simply ignore them. In the last 5-10 years in particular it appears that the current modus-operandi of Government at all levels is to simply do whatever they want, whenever they want.
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Nah, I've checked out, my friend. This system is pointless at present and is already collapsing under its own weight as we speak.
Respect. I don't want to beat a dead horse, and you're the doctor; if you say the horse is dead, then that's it.
Thanks for entertaining my thoughts though. That was patient and kind.
I wish it weren't so, that the government hadn't become a partisan plaything and that the thespians hadn't taken over the theater. But they have...so now even any reporting can no longer be trusted by the sober citizen. Forgive me if I simply say, we can get passed this, but it will not be a "hero's" job... there will be no 'silver bullet' or 'magic pill' that will fix this dysfunction being engineered and nurtured by the power elite. Politicians can't fix politicians.