When I was 20 years old, back in 1965, there were people

[CaptYossarian]

14. We should all have feelings of dispair. Especially since TWO elections have been stolen

since the start of this very young millennium. It's like a major trainwreck or a massive tornado--you see it as it's happening and there isn't one damn thing any one person can do to stop it, and half the people are in denial or are conditioned to blame minorities for the world's problems. Those folks will always find a reason to hate anyone who isn't like them. And then we get a loud sociopath to stir things up with these mental midgets. No fiction writer could have invented Trump and his merry men.

The sad part is that these man-made disasters we're experiencing are deliberate. The famine, the destruction of property and natural wonders, the loss of life--both human and other species--all could have been avoided. We've been told for generations, not only in movies or books, but a major part began with the Military-Industrial Complex that Ike warned about as he was leaving office. That generated a tsunami of greed by both individuals AND corporations that escalated to this present moment. The greed and hatred were always there, but never as such a perfect storm as we are now seeing today.

The U.S. birth rate will continue to subside as couples won't want to bring up children in a world of perpetual war or have them get murdered in their classroom. I married my wife in the middle of the Reagan debacle and we wanted to have daughters so no mad man could draft them. Luckily, we had two daughters and no sons. Now, families will be making tougher decisions--and maybe not being as lucky with their results.