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American Riots: Right or Left it All Leads to Stupidity
I sit here writing this with a heavy heart. I watch the news and the incredible amount of destruction going on in the United States. I’m not surprised by any of this because it’s been a long time coming. Our society that we have built for ourselves is crumbling around us. This is a natural result of that. The political structure is responsible for this insanity.
This is not just a problem of Donald Trump, although he is currently a part of that. All politicians before him share the blame. I have been on this planet for almost fifty years now, and nothing has changed. Those that lived in the 1960s went through this exact same thing. They tried to change the system back then, and they failed.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. Albert Einstein
The violence in the 1960s was absolutely horrific, and quite a few people lost their lives. We live in a society of the haves, and the have nots. We are ruled over by a bunch of rich oligarchs. They are nothing more than an extension of the kings and queens of old. They divide us by class, race, political affiliation, and so on, so they can stay in power. You see, we are nothing more than useless peons to them. When the peons get restless as you’re seeing in the…
