Hardkill

What is the point of focusing on my life purpose and the contributions I want to make if I can't do much given my lack of political and economic power I have? I often think what is purpose of doing anything if everything I work or accomplished will just be overshadowed by or or perhaps stolen from someone who is less principled than I am simply because their power was just too much for me to do anything about it? What's the point of honor, integrity, and abiding by the right rules if in real life it really just comes down to either winning or losing?

Then why are some legal experts saying "Attorney General Merrick Garland is not going to save democracy. Nor is the attorney general of New York, Letitia James; the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg; nor the Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis. As the apparent collapse of the New York district attorney’s investigation makes clear, criminal cases are hard to make. Donald Trump, despite his many seemingly criminal acts, is unlikely to ever spend a day in jail"? Why are other experts saying that Trump could very well still win or steal 2024 given how favored the Republicans have unfortunately become and Biden and Trump about dead heat in the polls? If Trump doesn't go to prison then what other justice could he face?

It just doesn't add up to me. Why are prosecutors and investigators still failing for years to find anything on him that can convict him even after everything he has done? Aren't you afraid that if Trump does get away with absolutely everything he has done then criminals and low conscious individuals will be encouraged to commit more crimes in our country? How will Trumpism in America ever be stopped? If Trump does face justice, then we move on to holding someone like DeSantis accountable as well and then the next one will need to be held accountable and so on and so on... Devilry isn't supposed to win in the end.

Honestly, I am scared of what he might still be capable of.

I hope Trump doesn't live much longer.

So, then what do think gurus like Leo are talking about when they say that devilry always defeats itself in the end?

Well, I’d like to believe that, but then why is it looking like he legally won’t be convicted of any crimes at all? Why are many pundits sounding the alarm over Trump very possibly winning or stealing the 2024 election? Why are the Republicans almost certain to win the 2022 midterm elections despite all of the devilry they have done?

My mom thinks that progressive policies like Medicare for All, big gun control rights, free community college, banning private financing for all political campaigns, big renewal energy legislation, etc. might be enacted by the US government in the future. My dad doesn't think so given how many times the progressives have failed miserably with all of their proposals ever since the 60s. What are the reasons to be optimistic that these kinds of policies will ever become a reality in the future?

Yes, including all of those in elite positions. How much suffering do you think people like Trump, Reagan, Bush, Cheney, Republicans, many other political leaders, many corrupted business leaders, have gone through or are going through?

sociopaths, malignant narcissists, and true psychopaths have no remorse or guilt at all for anything they do. They also enjoy the thrill and rush of power of committing all sorts of crimes. So, why would they have any thoughts in their mind that will ever feel like a serious burden to them? Read up on history. Many kings, queens, and members of the clergy lived long lives without ever having to pay for their crimes. The Borgia Pope during the Renaissance era lived a life of god-like status and opulence until he was over 70 years old (which was well above the average life expectancy for any human despite all of the numerous despicable acts that he and his whole family committed. Same with Henry VIII. How about Putin at the age of 68, especially after all of the recent atrocities he has committed?

So what? You think that Reagan, Bush, Trump, neoliberals, bad rulers and clergymen really care who they attract?

I actually have become increasingly depressed the more aware I become of the social inequalities in the world.

Midterm elections are coming up this year and it's not looking good for the Democrats for being able to keep control of the House of Representatives. Also, Biden still can't get his approval ratings raised up from being almost as bad as Trump's. The majority of people in the USA don't seem happy with what Biden and his administration has gotten done since he first took office given the 40 year high inflation, worry about a possible near-term recession, worry geopolitical instability going on with the Russia-Ukraine war, upset with having failed to pass several popular policies from the Build Back Better agenda, inability to pass any kind of meaningful voting rights reform for minorities and for better representing the electorate, violent crime waves still occurring, the COVID-19 pandemic still not quite yet over, a lot of stupid complaining about the "Southern Border crisis" and immigration issue, Biden and Harris having been unable to inspire and unite the country enough, etc. Have Biden's accomplishments been one of the poorest for any president? If he fails to get any more significant legislation passed through Congress (which is what a number of pundits are saying is likely to happen at this point) then will he go down in history as one of the least successful presidents in all of US history?

Oh yeah, my bad. I meant to ask the opposite. I wonder why progressives and liberals would be generally happier if the right-wing is usually much more successful? Just because the further to the left you are the more selfless you are?

Why are all of the right-wing asshole pundits necessarily happier than the liberals and progressives?

Ah, so not the phony ones who are either addicted druggies or bullshiters pretending to be "spiritual." But what about very Green individuals like the progressives who are always so incredibly frustrated and unsatisfied with the amount of change that gets made in societies? Don't you think that Kyle Kulinski, the entire TYT group, Bernie, Warren, AOC and others like them don't really seem happy because of the way things have always been in our world?

Then, are hippies and idealists also some of the happiest people in the world? Are liberals generally happier than conservatives?

What about the corporate elites and rich folks? Why are corporate lobbyists entitled to corrupt the entire political system and government? You want to talk about bailouts, equity, lifetime welfare? Why are those who were always incredibly spoiled throughout their entire lives like Donald Trump always completely entitled to getting free bailouts from his father, sleazy lawyers, criminal loaners? Why are billionaires entitled to not give a fraction of their wealth to much needed social resources for those suffering poor individuals who no matter how hard they've tried have never been able to make it through no fault of their own? Why are many big business owners, executives, and Wall Street to constantly exploit their workers and customers financially and also get away with not paying their fair share of taxes for all of the public works that have been constructed, maintained, and will continually need to be improved throughout the entire country? Btw, why aren't members of the military, law enforcement, firefighters, construction workers, and teachers entitled to a much better pay than what they get despite the fact that they work just as hard as most of the highly successful individuals out there in the world. Leo mentioned a while ago in the pertinent question on taxation on billionaires thread that: As for his take on the necessity of billionaire businessmen: I am not trying to suck up to Leo, but from both a totally ethical and practical stand point, he's absolutely right. Your view on how a society should function is quite frankly very short-sighted, simple-minded, and genuinely uncaring of others.

Wait, I thought that you were for extreme right wing policies.

You know how most people around the world have been saying for decades that they are sick and tired of all of these typical politicians who say a lot of things but then always let them down by not following through with so many of their campaign promises? If that’s true, then why do most people still end up usually electing either conservatives, centrists, or establishment center-left politicians who we know most never fundamentally change the overall status quo of government and politics?

I get that voters don't vote a candidate simply based on his/her policies regardless of what the policy polls say. Also, it seems pretty clear that none of these popular policies like Medicare for All, the public healthcare option, gun control regulations, paid family leave, strong laws against corporate lobbying and dark money, etc. will ever be enacted within the foreseeable future (or perhaps never during any of our lifetimes). So, what good do any of these polls do?

Lately, I’ve been feeling so pessimistic about the US ever reaching solid Green or passing any solid Green policies because ever since the dawn of the republic most Americans have always been too proud of its hyper free market system. Progressives since the mid 1900s have always failed with getting any of their policies or ideas come to fruition. I even fear that our country may never go through another major transformation like it did during Jefferson’s era, Jackson’s era, Lincoln’s era, Teddy Roosevelt’s era, Wilson’s era, FDR’s era, Eisenhower's era, JFK/LBJ’s era. Even with someone like who wasn’t able to positively reform the country nearly as much as the above-mentioned presidents we were able to, we may never have another president who was as successful as he was ever again.?

I used to think that all politicians needed to get as many pieces of major legislation passed as possible that would materially improve or change the lives of their constituents as much as possible because how essential that is for getting re-elected or maintaining control of either chamber of Congress. However, conservatives, centrists, and even many center-left corporate democrats have never really cared a lot about get much needed legislation passed for their constituents. Right-wing members of the Senate and the House are only are interested in passing laws that increase military spending, cracking down on crime in racists ways, increase access to more violent guns, cutting taxes for the wealthy and corporations, and reducing immigration. Progressives and liberals have even mentioned before how the most centrist congressmen, don't really care at all if not even a single thing gets passed at all through either chamber of Congress because they are always totally okay with the status quo. People like Manchin, Sinema, and some moderate conservatives Democratic House of Representatives even said at the end of the last year that they thought that it would be better if nothing pertaining to Biden's agenda gets passed through Congress if the progressives Caucus in the House didn't ever stop holding the BIF bill hostage. Center-left corporate democratic congressmen actually probably do care more than both the conservatives and the very centrists in Congress about getting something good done for their constituents. However, they still don't care quite as much as progressives do because of how much the corporate lobbying and the desire to win elections has corrupted them. Lastly, as we all know, Congress as a whole has become extremely disapproved of by the vast majority Americans in the entire country given how increasingly dysfunctional it has gotten. Yet, that doesn't seem to matter electorally for any members of Congress. That being the case, then does that mean that members of Congress can just always get away with not having any accomplished anything at all at Capitol Hill?

Do you think that there will ever be any hope to improving this situation? If so, then what do you think might happen one day in the future that could or would solve this issue?

But how can we ever get more liberals elected if the progressives keep turning off the great majority of the electorate?