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Shadow War. Americans haven't been told why Putin invaded Ukraine.

Our Secrets. Distrusting our leaders is common place. People believe our government isn't telling us the truth. Politicians claim we're a country ruled by laws and we have the greatest democracy on Earth. People say those two things aren't true. Some of our laws prevent Americans from seeing how our government operates and when it comes to our democracy, well we have a Corporatocracy that says who gets elected. Money walks and talks in the halls of our Federal Capitol. Our government keeps an unquantified number of secrets.

STEALING. Any professional thief will tell you: If you're going to steal, steal big. There's evidence to suggest that the bigger the theft, the less the consequences. A good example is our government's debt of over 30 trillion dollars. The only people who will be punished for that historic financial fiasco will be the American people and not the 30, 40, or 50 year career politicians that created it. Today when groups of people loot a store, professional thieves say that's small potatoes. Some retail stores won't arrest you if you steal less than a couple hundred dollars. And why not? Our Consumerist Economy demands you get more.

Our Pathology. I'll never forgive what was done to this country. Consumerism didn't make us stronger, it destroyed important values. The 30, 40 and 50 year career politicians in our Federal Government went along with those values, running this country into the ground, producing the greatest debt in history. Consumerism was good for business and made big government bigger. Buying more stuff made government revenues go up. But when there were recessions it made people obsolete. It produced avarice, greed and illness in America.

Forgiveness. This country isn't going to sail along without challenges to its prosperity. What we've taken for granted for the last 50 years is coming to a close. The largest historical debt in history can't continue indefinitely. A default is inevitable. Our times are rapidly coming to an end. We were betrayed by our politicians who demanded more. We sold weapons around the World, making politicians and military generals rich. What we should have been doing was looking and building what was beautiful in this world and I won't forgive that.

Governmental Excesses. It should come as no surprise that the U.S. government is the largest employer in America. A Federal Congress person takes on added importance allocating money to all those workers losing a sense of humility. Being humble in the halls of our Nation's capital just doesn't exist. Then again, things get complicated when the place you work for is over 30 trillion dollars in debt. Let's not forget the 1.8 m. military on active duty, 833,000 reservists, or the 3.4m. contract workers you pay. So how come 200 lobsters were flown from Maine to feed 300 guests at the White House? Everyday excesses?

False Pride. We like to think of ourselves as belonging to a great civilization. We chant U.S.A., U.S.A. at gatherings, but there's nothing worse than false pride. If there's a collapse in the economy, inflation won't be contained when there's a shortage of oil. People won't be peaceful when they can't fillup their cars at gas stations. Politicians claim EV's will save the Earth's climate when in truth it's an attempt to disguise oil's in short supply. In the near future, millions of species will be extinct and that's why I'm not a Republican or Democrat.

Our Stupidity. If you get the feeling you're confused, don't worry, you're meant to be that way. AI wants to make you stupid so you don't believe in anything. That's why you'll see marshal law and our military patrolling the streets of every city when the economic crisis arrives. That's a real possibility when oil is in short supply and people can't fill up their cars at gas stations. Our President has been using our Strategic Oil Reserve for good reason. One thing is certain, when oil comes to an end it won't be voluntary and you won't just be confused and stupid.

Our Excesses. We won't escape the excesses the Consumerist Economy has brought. No matter how our government disguises our nation's debt, how violent our society has become, how questionable our moral norms; our faith in consumerism has led to an illness in this country. We consume 18 million barrels of oil every day and that's not sustainable. There's evidence to support it's becoming more difficult to find and extract. A dramatic drop in oil would create inflation then a collapse and no politician would ever tell us that.

Oil Shortage. A rush to save the Earth's climate may be nothing more than an attempt to disguise the fact that oil is running out. This country may not be able to sustain consuming 18 million barrels of oil every day and no political leader would tell the American people that. The reasons are clear! A short fall of oil or even worse, the end of oil would produce a catastrophy in the economy. First, a dramatic rise in inflation and then a collapse. That may be what our future looks like because the writing's on the wall but no leader will tell you that.