She was an amazing person. She sacrificed everything for her family. She didn’t date, do drugs, or drink. Instead she spent all of her time raising and supporting her 2 sons. I’ve never seen a parent sacrifice so much for their kids. She was always working, always doing something productive. I’m nothing like that. I know that I couldn’t sacrifice that much so I’ll never have kids myself. I do try to lift people up as much as possible though. I have a lot of pain and darkness, but I always try to bring people up or help people whenever I have the chance. I especially like to encourage people to follow their dreams and embrace their passions, because I know how empty life is if you ignore that part of yourself. I love music. Whenever I’m not at work, I’m practicing an instrument, singing, writing, or studying music. Adults often give up the things they love even if they don’t have kids and I like to encourage people to find themselves again.

I agree, I grew up in a red state. Most of my family are republicans and I went to church regularly until I was about 13. You’re exactly right. Churches bring people together. It’s very much an opportunity to socialize for many people. I grew reading and studying a lot and it didn’t take long for me to see through the bullshit. I know that most republicans are decent people, they’re just afraid of anything different from them and that fear is used to manipulate and control them. Unfortunately, the only way for them to break free is to study and embrace what their afraid of. They have to get out and meet the people that fox news and other influences tell them to fear. There’s really no other way and unfortunately Republicans tend to not travel at all. They rarely leave their safe space.

Bernie Sanders would have been an amazing president. We really fucked up not electing him. Not like we were even given a chance though.

As for what I mean by not supporting future leaders, you might have had a very different life than I have. What I’ve seen is that people are petty, jealous, selfish, and extremely unsupportive. I grew up very poor so I’ve always been around poverty, anger, and sadness. I can honestly say I’ve only ever met 1 really decent person and she unfortunately died of cancer not long ago. I’ve hardly ever seen people support each other or hold each other up. Instead I usually see the opposite of that. If someone starts to shine too brightly they get knocked down by family, friends, partners, and others. I’ve lived all over the US and I see it everywhere I go. Like I said, the only people who would have a chance are people who are well off and grew up in a supportive household and have a lot of connections and from what I’ve seen, that is very uncommon for most people.

I’ve been saying this for years. We need a Jesus or MLK like character to come in and lead. The majority of people on both the right and left agree on pretty much everything. It’s the talking heads that divide us. I’ve worked in blue collar and white collar environments and I’ve gotten along with everyone, even though some blue collar people have very backwards beliefs. They aren’t actually bad people, they’re just extremely gullible.

There are millions of people ready to act on both sides they just need someone to inspire them. We need someone who can unite both sides against the true enemy. Until we have someone who can speak on all levels and inspire both the left and the right we are fucked.

Another problem is that people that are naturally talented or charismatic or driven are called tryhards. We berate talented people and we bring them down to our level. I’ve seen it happen so many times. There’s a reason we don’t see inspirational and awe-inspiring people as often as we used to. Unless the person is born in an upper class family and grew up very privileged, there’s very little chance we’ll find someone charismatic and talented enough to lead.

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At least housing is actually being built, but I know what you mean. Theres no real affordable housing near me and the wait list for what little is available has been closed due to budget cuts.

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Thanks man, don’t worry about it. It was a long time ago and I left that place and never looked back. I think a lot of it has to do with how much money your family had. I grew up super poor and never had a stable place to live and my parents took a lot of their frustrations out on my siblings and myself. Mostly me as the oldest of five children. I know I went through more than most people, but I’ve traveled around the country and most people I’ve met had some kind of parental corporal punishment.

I have had friends who lived in middle class and upper middle class families and it was a completely different environment from what I was used to. I also grew up in a poor red state and a lot of what people believe there was completely backwards and probably still is.

No worries dude, I’m glad most people have pretty much given up that style of parenting. Spanking and abuse was still pretty common in the 90s though.

Lol, I’m 34 and my parents hit me with just about anything within arms reach when I was young. Getting the switch might have been the better alternative.

Don’t forget the government cutting funding for affordable housing projects.

Maine is the 3rd whitest state in the US:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/whitest-states

We’re likely to see a lot more violence directed at white US citizens. Maybe it will finally change some minds on the right.

The problem they don’t seem to realize is that at some point people are going to start thinking that if ICE is around there’s a good chance that they’re going to kidnap or kill you, even if you’re white. People are going to start shooting first. They aren’t giving people much choice and there are so many guns in the US.