Yeah, I agree with all of your points.

I’m not American, but my understanding of the system is that the long term plan for the country isn’t meant to be set by the president, but by the legislature - passing laws and creating federal bodies that steer the country.

Instead, there’s absolutely no laws being agreed upon, only presidents that try to impose their view for a while until they’re replaced by whoever’s next who then breaks everything.

The courts are then thrown on to the spotlight and asked by the country to fill up a role who’s not actually theirs, and I don’t even want to go into the issues with appointment of judges.

Not that the system in China is any better, they just happen to have a guy who’s ruthless enough to hold onto power with no opposition, and seems to actually care about his country - but he isn’t gonna last for ever, and there’s zero guarantee that the power struggles after he’s gone won’t tear the country to shreds, or that the next up isn’t a fucked up moron like the orange…

Ah so that’s why you were expatriated.

The worrying part is that they kinda seem to be implementing good policies for (at least some of) their people.

There’s a lot of disturbing stuff, and probably a whole lot more that we don’t even know about, but social security, education, healthcare - my impression is that they’re going the right way, while the US looks eager to go back to the Dark ages.

Just with STEM degrees, they’re producing almost 5x more graduates than the US, and they’ve surpassed the number of doctorates a long time ago too.

The current world balance won’t hold one more generation.

Well played sir, well played.

Yeah I know right? It’s like, bros you already did so much! You didn’t have to do all that - but we sure as fuck appreciate it.

Are you sure? I thought Denethor was one of the first Scottish High Stewards.

So instead you compete with a host of polyamorous people, or he’s keeping to FWBs…?

The post still sounds like you’re boning him though.

Does it still look like it’s from 1998?

It works very well for my light personal needs, but I find the UI to be an eyesore…

A website where we can see people tooting their horn? This needs age verification ASAP, won’t you think of all the little whistlers out there??

Upgrade from serial smoking to parallel smoking.