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Good piece overall but see these issues:

Crime

Quality of Life IE Blue cities

Terrorism

DC corruption

Inflation

National debt owed

pending nuclear war etc

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I like optimism but opiate deaths are also up and our border remains open allowing fentanyl to continue to pour in as well as terrorists. Our country was energy independent now we must depend on countries that want our demise. Our medical technology has improved our mortality. Let us pray and work towards keeping our country free for innovation and free thinkers to continue to take place.

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I vehemently disagree that things are "not that bad". Not when we're literally in the middle of our Revolution 2.0 with the future of the greatest country in world history, as well as Western Civilization, at stake. None of the individually tracked issues will matter at all in a world run by demon possessed cretins whose mission is reducing the population to 150-500 million and having those remaining people live in 15 minute cities, eating bugs, and under total surveillance. While I know that the White Hats are and will win, we're in for a rough time since the Deep State will not go down willingly.

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I like this analysis. Human nature makes it so easy to dwell on the negative, it’s nice to have a realistic perspective. Everything is not great, far from it, and I would argue that many trends are moving quickly in the wrong direction, but a reality check helps. Let’s hope we can turn some of those trends around.

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Dec 13, 2023·edited Dec 14, 2023

Our debt is at 100,000 per person. Not that many years ago it was 16,000 per person. And yes, incomes are 158 percent from when you were born, but cars, food and housing are 400% higher. Our youth are the most depressed and confused than they have ever been, and a massive portion of the population is on SSRIs. A disproportionate percentage of kids are confused about their gender and the hatefulness on social media from all sides is worrisome. Yeah we have lots of cheap stuff from China, but is the world the happy place from my childhood? Not from my perspective. The only good news is that Jesus Christ is still at the helm, and if this is his plan, who am I to question it?

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Who gave you your rose colored glasses this morning? Read Matt Taibi’s testimony before congress if you want a more realistic viewpoint. Or look at the power of Big Pharma to shut down completely Naomi Wolf’s excellent work exposing the harms of the “vaccinations” and all other “died suddenly” events. I just got “reduced exposure” on Facebook until mid-March and four posts removed for some perceived violation of their “community standards” and I have no idea what they are talking about as I mainly post innocuous “suggested for you”s and personal photos of my horses and dogs! This country is so upside down and so far down the slippery slope of mind control it may not be reversible. Not so bad? I disagree. Respectfully, but emphatically.

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Where's the optimism when the pulldown menu in the "nifty little feature" doesn't quite go back to the year one was born?

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Look how long you've lived! Congratulations. :)

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