The coming presidency

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  1. AngryCitizen

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    People who suggest America is not great anymore are wrong.
    The US still is a great country, admired and envied by many other countries.
    It will stop being great, though, if it falls apart!
    It’s simple: no football team will ever win a match if its team members are divided and hate each other. The same applies to a country.
    So the slogan should better sound: “Keep America great, by not letting it fall apart”.
    Whoever wins the election, should have this as a main mission on the agenda!

    It is also vital that the US stick to its allies. If we consider the USA a stand-alone country, then we are talking about 346 million people, about one-third of a billion.
    The BRICS countries, which are now sticking together like sh@# on a sheet, have about 3 Billion people! And they are determined to destroy the important role of the US dollar worldwide. A simple way of them saying they want to take over the helm.
    Reason all the more for prosperous democratic countries like the USA, Canada, EU, Australia etc. to maintain a strong alliance. We can win as long as we stick together.
     
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    G7 doesn't need to maintain a 'strong alliance' to survive. These Western nations simply need to cease its empire-building. The age of empires has been long & exhausting. It's time has passed & people of the world are ready to move on - to unite for the sake of long-awaited peace & progress. But G7 continues to hold on to this worn out act of global bullying. And that will be its undoing.

    If G7 can cease its capitalist/economic & military hegemonic aggression, they can be an important instrument to help unite, rather than divide, the people of the world. Until then, BRICS is ready & waiting in the wings to be the example of nations that can set aside their differences and work together for a more progressive future world. In time, with growing unity, cultural exchanges & intimate interaction, the humanitarian failures currently existing in various BRICS nations will begin to fade as the people will outgrow their acceptance of authoritarian rule - the collective energy of which will bring about a radical, but bloodless shift in leadership.
     
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    I am a strong supporter of the transatlantic friendship and therefore go with your text, but be aware, America isn't great anymore, though it's still pretty great, yes. About the envie you're writing: You won't find it in EU anymore. You'll find respect, not more.

    The only way for the Western World to survive is a strong and honest alliance between North America, Australia/ NZ and Europe.
     
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    "People who suggest America is not great anymore are wrong" --- That is not what "These People" are generally suggesting .. and yes we are still envied .. just look at the number of immigrants flooding our borders -- but that does not mean the direction we are traveling is up .. nor that USA is as great as it once was.

    So what these people are suggesting is that the USA has fallen from its height and continues to fall .. and in fact it looks like the Train is heading towards a bit of a cliff ..with the breaks out.

    The BRICS - as you mention .. are that cliff .. these forever wars .. are massively distracting us from the fact that the cliff is coming ... and we have no breaks The BRICS represent more GDP than the G7 .. the USA is no longer the only economic game in town .. however they still maintain a form of economic hegemony so long as the US dollar remains the "SOLE" medium of the international exchange - A "privilege" that was granted to us by fellow nations on the basis and trust that this gift would not be weaponized against them .

    Yeah -- Using the so called "Economic Nuclear Option" - was a big boo boo. The biggest blunder that Trump made during his tenure .. IMO. Biden hitting button again .. after seeing the effect of Trump using the button .. just complete idiocy .. setting the nations of the world on much quicker path to rescinding the privilege granted ..

    Let us be clear and direct --- The Day you wake up - look out onto the world and see that there is a competitor, not a replacement, just a competitor to the USD SOLE status .. a valid competitor - is the day the history books will record as the defacto end of the US economic empire - Full Stop
     
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    A more “progressive” future?
     
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    No one granted the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency, we earned it with the defeat of Nazi Germany and America’s strong industry that quickly converted from peace time to war time producing mass amounts of military hardware in a short amount of time. With the right leadership America can turn its dying industries around. Don’t count America out just yet.
     
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    Are you including Canada?
     
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    The tide of alliances will go out for a while, but the world is due for a major crisis to slap down the fake economies trying to copy capitalism half heartedly. Strangely, Russia is the only honest one. Russia, (the Civilized commie) is running out of domestic pop-up targets, so they are buying NoKo soldiers who are apparently happy to die for whatever. AKA, "Capitalism in Khaki"
    China is a friend of rising economics and a coward when a steady hand is required.
    The Middle East only cares about Islam and Oil-lam.
    And America tip toes through the minefields whistling "Lucky once, lucky forever".
    The world deserves Kamela Harris.
     
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    Yes, as in -

    * no wars/violent conflicts or clandestine operations
    * global sharing of ideas & innovation (rather than capitalist competition & consumer economy)
    * environmental responsibility & allowing nature to again thrive
    * transition away from fossil fuels & towards alternative/clean energy production
    * population reduction (as a result of higher standard of living for all, optimal health, and easy access to vital resources)
    * emphasis on optimal health (by abolishing vaccines, transitioning away from conventional medical treatments & drugs, and ensuring clean air, water, and food for all)
    * end of poverty & transition towards a money-less economy & greater cooperation
    * clean water & air, and healthy food
    * abundance of food & water for all
    * less waste, and more sustainable industries, production & manufacturing
    * expansion of AI & AI robots to augment and/or replace much of the work (leaves more free time for rest/relaxation, travel/exploration, extended learning education/training, recreation, creative interests/pursuits, family/friends, etc.)
    * greater freedom of movement & access to local & global transportation (this encourages greater interaction, unity, and mental health)
    * less reliance on ground transportation, more on aerial transportation (the empty ground spaces can be filled with trees, fountains, etc. to beautify & cool the cities)
    * beautification & cooling of cities
    * UFO/alien disclosure & human-ET exchanges (which will advance humanity by leaps & bounds to the stars)
    * transition away from earth-based mining & industries and towards mining/production on off-world locations (large asteroids, moons, planets, etc.), which would allow nature to expand & thrive, and keep earth pristine
     
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    The following video is some of the best humour that I have heard by an evangelical Christian............

    Dr. Lance Wallnau was brought over to the aid of President Donald J. Trump by his rather unusual spiritual gifts......

    that my wife and our friends from her favourite church also have........

    Lance does a great job of making fun of his own tendency to not clue as to what is happening or why... until later......



    In my opinion the world is going through an amazingly positive transformation...... that will amaze us over the coming months and years.....
     
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    You are in search of a Utopia here on earth. Do you think humans are capable of such a place on their own? So who lives and who dies? Is abortion a part of your plan to decrease the population? Will you use wars to decrease the population before you end them? And spread scary diseases? Starve people? You are kind of scary in your thinking. It sounds a lot like Marxist-Lenin communism. Sounds like a wonderful life for a few "worthy" people. You will still need slaves to care for your children and clean your house as well as other chores the uppity Leisure Class snobs feel are degrading. I will wait for Jesus to return will create a real Heaven on Earth utopia. "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the gates of heaven." Amen!
     
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    It is not possible to prevent failure. The United States inadvertently contributes to China's economic growth, supplies military support to Russia, and motivates other nations to abandon the dollar by employing it as a weapon.
     
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    Yes, the US Neocon leadership (G W Bush, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris) is lagging behind by believing war is the answer.

    So we killed 4 million Vietnamese to protect the world from communism, and now guess what is sweeping the USA?
     
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    Both Left and Right Wing ideologies result in distinctions without a difference in their results for the majority of people. They both end up resorting to mass murders as their 'go to' solution for all economic and social problems. Their leaderships are riddled with sociopaths and degenerates.
     
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    Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to be President so bad, they can taste it.
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    This is for all the marbles and I mean it. It will be up to the majority of voters who will decide who gets it.
    May the best candidate win. That's all I'm going to say.
     
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    Not in search of, but rather an acknowledgment of human potential.
    Yes - 100%.
    Recall what I said:

    population reduction (as a result of higher standard of living for all, optimal health, and easy access to vital resources)

    These three factors is how human population is naturally reduced without warfare, violence, disease, forced sterilization, etc. Nations that have the highest standard of living tend to have the lowest birth rate & lowest infant mortality rate. When people are happy, content, secure, healthy, and can engage in productive activities, they tend to have fewer children. Norway I believe has the highest standard of living in the world. They had such a low birth rate that its population was dropping. Because of this, the govt had to step in to offer monetary incentives for women to have babies. Now when you travel there, you will see a lot of women with baby strollers.
    Think of it as a money-less tribal socialism where the community cooperates for mutual benefit - but much larger, and with highly advanced technology (including machines doing most of the work - particularly the boring/tedious/hard/dangerous work).
    For ALL - not just the Few. It is in our current world that life is wonderful for the Few. This is because of the monetary-capitalist system - a system that benefits the Few at the expense of the Many by promoting avarice, corruption, destructive competition, excess consumption & waste, and parasitic behavior.
    Parents/family can take care of their own children & homes. But an advanced civilization would offer AI/machines to aid in any chores that need attending, if desired or necessary. In our current world, unpaid forced labor (slavery) has been replaced by paid forced labor (slave wages).
    A messiah is not needed. People can simply stop participating in destructive behavior, and begin with greater consideration for others, other life-forms, the environment, and their physical & mental health. To this, we should also begin to think for ourselves, to think & act responsibly, and to reconsider just how 'important' it is that we have a 'leader' to make decisions for us. I believe our 'leaders' should be at least 12 in number, and be wise guides & advice givers - not givers of laws & commands. No person has a right to rule over another's life.

    As an important start - since we first need a foundation of peace & security before ideas for a new society can be entertained - it would be productive for people to reconsider their participation and roles in the police & military forces. The police & military are not inherently 'evil', but they provide the 'teeth' for autocracy. So it would behoove members in these roles to demand full transparency & refuse to follow orders without first being privileged with a thorough investigation behind special or questionable orders. This would deny any would-be autocrat the opportunity of mass subjugation. And this is very doable considering the fact that the police & military draws its membership (and support) from the public.
    In a money-less, fully cooperative & democratic society, there is no 'rich man' to be concerned about.
     
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    Yes .. they did .. good grief .. and the BRICS are now putting together a competitor in order to take that privilege away .. and its a big deal .. but who is counting USA out ? the new currency will not supplant the USD .. nor will the USA wither and die .. and in fact will still be a major player at the Table .. but the Table will now contain more than one big player . ... like in the 90s and prior .. when we were the only economic game in town.

    Those days are gone
     
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    Stick with the elites that flooded our nations with hostile immigrants and drugs? That drove up our debts, inflation, and the cost of housing? That shipped our industries overseas? That instigated wars and put its hands in everything for corporate economic imperialism? That sexualizes children and supports moral and cultural depravity? That tells the descendants of the people that built the greatest countries in history that they are inherently bad? Them?
     
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    Kremlin hogwash. Russia is behaving like an empire, using its military to annex neighboring lands. Western democracies create peace and prosperity. Europe has been a miracle of peace and prosperity post-WWII. NATO has so far kept Russia from attempting to take the Baltics by force. Our friends and allies are generally other free, democratic countries who share our values, values that put peace and prosperity over delusions of imperial and national greatness based on conquest and assimilation and genocide of others who are different and wish to be self-governing.
     
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    For sure!!!!!!
     
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    The perfect Lenin Marxist strategy. Their threat became obvious after Obama was elected and McConnell was accused of racism when McConnell said he would work to make Obama a one term president. The Lenin Marxist strategy of dividing people began. This is the real reason the communists wanted a black puppet as president. A pawn to ignite the race war. Then it became an attack on men and women, nuclear families and everything America has stood for since the American Revolution. Christian Judeo beliefs, Freedom, Individualism and Capitalism.
     
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    What do you know about communism? Nothing! Obama was a right wing, hardcore capitalist. Honecker was one, or Mielke, or Stalin. The world laughs at Americans who see communism in the White House.
     
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    Putin's psycho fantasy policies have had the exact opposite effect he thought his bullying and threats were going to have; it prompted two more NATO countries and several more who want to join. lol time for the loon to quit while he's still alive and his 'friends' haven't poisoned him yet.
     
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    Tee Hee! "Obama was a right wing hardcore capitalist." You funny person.
     
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    The mods tell me we have to take these loons seriously for some reason. They never explain why.


     

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