Hardkill

Yeah, I don't believe in the idea of their being certain states who are more prone to illegal voter turnout than other states. If anything I would think that rural areas in red states in the south and in middle of America might be even prone to it because the election security in those parts of the US probably aren't as sophisticated and as well funded as those in blue states, particularly in comparison to big cities in blue states. I also do believe that the definition of democracy is that whoever gets the majority of individual votes in any election is the one who is rightfully elected. You're right that the constituency in most rural areas and almost every red state (except for Florida) throughout the whole country are really homogenous as the Republican Party and other right-wing organizations in the US have always lacked diversity in practically every way possible. The Democratic Party and other left-wing organizations in the US, on the other hand, has always been a big tent party that has kept increasing in diversity in practically every way possible since the mid 1900s. Plus, as you said before, the Republican party has effectively become the party of minority rule, whereby they keep trying to unfairly rule over the majority of the US, when it should be the other way around. Conversely, the Democratic party since the early 2000s has always been the party of the majority. Rural people generally not having as many resources or as much as of an understanding on how to deal with global affairs as much as urban and suburban people do in America is another really good point as to why rural voters should not get nearly as much of a say on matters that involve both domestic and foreign affairs. But if the Electoral College actually got eliminated, then wouldn't that mean that the Democratic Party would never have to appeal to the interest of rural voters in America ever again in order to win presidential elections? If that happened, then wouldn't every rural voter in America be totally neglected and disregarded by every presidential candidate in every presidential election cycle?

Wait, but then why did the CIA including the CIA director himself say that Putin is 'entirely too healthy'? You don't think they are lying and you trust the CIA, right?

A recession in the US has been looming for a while, which of course is very worrisome. The general consensus amongst economists is now that the Fed will unfortunately have no choice but to cause some economic distress throughout the entire country in order to get inflation under control. This means that the Fed will have to raise interest rates high enough and do major quantitative tightening in order to dramatically cool the entire economy back until the Fed bring the inflation rate back to normal. However, progressives and even Biden to some extent have been blaming widespread corporate profiteering for the inflation that our country has been suffering from. They say that corporations throughout America have been raking in record breaking profits ever since the beginning of 2021 and have been using inflation as a BS excuse for jacking up their prices. They also say that the million plus people who died from COVID due to their own stupidity have been the main reason why there has been a serious labor shortage. TYT and other progressives in the US are saying that the Fed chair Powell and the rest of the Fed have now become so aggressive with tightening the entire economy that they are going to crash the US economy into a serious recession, which will in turn put several millions of workers out of work. They also believe that they Fed doesn't want the hourly wage inflation to happen for workers because they have been being paid off by corporations since the late 70s to make sure that the real wage of workers remain permanently stagnant. I know that TYT has gotten too populist, too anti-mainstream, and obviously too far to the left, but do they perhaps have a legitimate point in this case?

Yeah, I agree with you guys that a revolution is not gonna happen anytime soon in China, but I do agree with Leo, @Wilhelm44, and @Danioover9000that one day the people of China will one day be able to change the government's regime into something that's much less authoritarian, when enough of them seriously rise up against the CCP. Probably the same will happen in other countries such as Iran. They say that it's about tens of thousands of them across the country. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/thousands-in-china-protest-zero-covid-policy-in-largest-demonstrations-in-decades

The US CIA director, Williams Burns, says that the rumors on Putin's health are completely unfounded. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/20/cia-putin-health-00047046

The Republican Party has really become incredibly dysfunctional and scary. Btw, Biden and the Democrats didn't just have best first midterm elections results for the party of the incumbent president since Bush and the Republicans in 2002 (20 years ago) and the best first midterm elections results for the Democratic Party holding the presidency since JFK and the Democrats in 1962 (60 years ago). They also achieved a net gain in governorships throughout the country in these midterms elections, which is the first time this has ever happened in a first midterm election for party of the incumbent president since Reagan and the Republicans in 1986 (36 years ago). That's not all. Biden and the Democrats defended every legislative chamber they had held prior to this election plus made a significant net gain in state legislative chambers throughout the whole country. That has never happened for the president's party in any midterm election before since FDR and the Democrats in 1934 (88 years ago). Moreover, the Democrats successfully kept all of their state level secretary of state seats and state level attorney general seats in every battleground state for presidential elections, which will help save the 2024 presidential election from being stolen by the GOP.

Then Trump should already be locked up either in a maximum security prison cell for the rest of his life or be executed for all of the crimes he's actually committed. Btw, I would be very careful if I were you. Toxic conspiracy theories and right wing dogma aren't allowed on this forum.

I have a feeling that these investigations the GOP in House are going to do will end up backfiring on themselves. They might inadvertently hand Biden and Democrats the whole 2024 election because it will make their party seem even more extreme, dangerous, and out of touch with the needs of the American public.

His mental health is still overall fine. It’s certainly much better than even Ronald Reagan’s was by the end of his presidency when he was in his late 70s.

It's amazing how there is now a sizable amount of people in China who have become bold enough to unabashedly say that Xi Jinping should step down.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-york-post-mocks-trumpty-dumpty-on-front-page-after-praising-desantis/ Due to the Republican party having been completely devastated by their shockingly terrible 2022 midterm results overall, practically all of the right wing media outlets out there have recently been saying that the Republican Party needs to move away from Trump if they want to stop losing so many big elections. Do any of you guys think that the right-wing media will be able to successfully influence the whole base to move on Trump and MAGA candidates?

He already has allowed Trump back on Twitter. But here's a good analysis on that: What's wrong with Destiny?

Yes, he just turn 80 years old and he has been perceived as a "gaffe machine." However, he already undoubtedly beat Trump in his first debate with him and arguably beat him again in his second debate with him. Btw, earlier this year, RNC officially decided to withdraw from the commission on the Presidential debates because of how "unfair" and "biased" the CPD has become (which is quite laughable). They also have already warned the commission not to allow any future Republican presidential nominees from participating in any CPD- sponsored debates unless the commission changes the rules in the way they want it to be. So, it doesn't look like Trump or any other future GOP presidential nominees will be participating in the 2024 presidential debates for the general election unless something changes. Also, Biden still comes off as a much more dignified and much wiser person and leader than Trump. Further, it would be a big mistake for the Democrats if another Democrat tries to run against Biden for Democratic nomination.

I see. So, we just have to be more patience with all of this working itself out in the future.

Mark Zuckerberg is still the CEO of Facebook and he has an intellect and personality that are similar to Musk's. Would you say that Zuckerberg should also not be the CEO of his own company anymore?

Well then...2023 and 2024 are going to be 2 more years of wild politics.

Well, he does Asperger's and it doesn't seem like he ever bothered to learn how to improve his social skills adequately given how many people in business and marketing find him to be both difficult to work with and socially inept.

Not even the Big Name GOP donors who are also fleeing away from Trump will be able to do much to stop Trump, huh?

Yeah, perhaps you're right. He might be just sayings those things as mostly talking points.

Will there ever be a way to stop the growing amount of alt-media in the future or are we doomed to living with it like a metastasizing cancer until it causes the whole world to tear apart?

Oh.... alright, then definitely libertarians and MAGA Republicans believe in absolute free speech, but perhaps not establishment Republicans. Then again, what about Ron DeSantis who says that does believe that big-tech and the radical left are "monopolizing" free speech?

But don't all Republicans, whom as a whole makeup nearly half the US country, all believe in absolute free speech, especially after being taken over by Trump? Trump and MAGA all keep saying BS like "You gotta have freedom of speech no matter what..." and "big-tech and the radical left are killing our 1st amendments rights!!!!" True. Non-Republican libertarians are indeed a minority.

Yeah, the next generation will definitely be more liberal and open to new and improve changes. But given that younger generations tend to be more spoiled and entitled than older generations, wouldn't the younger generation be even more pissed about having their "free speech" being taken away from them? Also, I wonder how worried we should be about next generation becoming possibly more susceptible to toxic extreme-right wing messaging given how increasingly pervasive all kinds of information, including info. from alt-right media, has become. Also, how will the growing amount of right-wing and left-wing fringe outlets ever be stopped?

I totally agree. However, it unfortunately looks like we may have too many people in the US who believe in absolute free speech and limited moderation. Do you think there will ever come a day when most Americans will be convinced by what people like you are saying?

Yet, they have been saying that anyone who says that Republicans are racists are stupid. They say that the reasons they left the Democratic party were because the party never stood for solid conservative American values, has become too woke, doesn't promote personal responsibility, the mainstream media and liberal media have brainwashed or "mentally enslaved" many people including the black population into believing that the Republican party is the enemy, and that conservatives like Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens were right all along.