He also fathered over a thousand children. If you think all of that was consensual, well... idk what to tell you. And I can't give him very much credit for invading peaceful nations, plundering them, enslaving their scribes and then using their language. Even if he did divide the booty equally among his men.

Trump is also famously pretty generous with for example tipping people a hundred dollars for carrying his golf clubs. And enriching his own inner circle.

Things today are different, better in many ways, worse in others. We don't realize what we've lost because it was lost before we ever had it.

There is a surprising number of people too dumb to see just how profoundly everything sucks and hence is going to suck even more

Then there is a number of people who have the capability to see but actively prevent themselves from it lest it breaks them

I think, at least for Americans, they are absolutely brainwashed. They can't imagine a different world and think this is the Pinnacle of human existence. Then it turns out they are so EVIL they don't really care and ignore school children getting killed by guns and systematically raped by elites.

That explanation falls a bit short.
While it surely explains a lot of people, it doesn't apply to everybody.
There are definitely also people (some of whom I know personally) who are neither stupid & self-centered nor depressed.

Like I said, I don't disagree with things sucking in general.

Perception is very important, though.
It would be possible to be perfectly depressed, even if things did not, in fact, suck.
But of course, it's a lot easier to be depressed and to believe, that everything sucks, if that is actually reflected in reality.

A big part of combatting depression, is to focus your perception on things, that don't suck and changing the ones that can be changed, to suck less; instead of making yourself sick by fussing about the things you cannot change anyway.

I struggle with that every day.

Do you mind sharing, what kind of changes those were and how they were important for you to feel better?

I was letting some people take advantage of my strong work ethic and was therefore overextending myself. I needed encouragement to escape a bad living situation and move out to another city nearby. I was confused with about my sexual orientation following a series of advances from a gay person that didn't seem entirely unwanted at the time. I also needed encouragement to speak to my doctor about some embarrassing health issues which turned out to be easily treatable.

I'm still being actively treated for anxiety and a panic disorder ancillary to PTSD following my volunteer work in the aftermath of hurricane Helene.

That really sounds like you worked out some important things. I can totally understand how those issues can wear you down, especially if you can't bring yourself to resolve them. Glad you found someone who could help you deal with them. And I hope you can make progress on the rest of your issues as well.

Honestly, you sound like a good person, who deserves to be happier, just from that glimpse, I've read. All the best!

Then they aren't paying attention which makes them either stupid or self-centered.

I guess there's no point arguing against a closed worldview.

Thanks for the kind words! I hope this encourages you or someone else to pursue a better life! Have a wonderful day

I mean, both can be true.

I'd much rather grow my own food.

People had markets and commerce for thousands of years before capitalism.

Markets are a proto-form of capitalism.
Producing something for the whole purpose to make a profit at a market is the core of capitalism.

Yes I do realize what's involved. Why would you assume everyone is as ineffective as you are? Why do you think only billionaires can solve problems when EVERY BIT OF EVIDENCE shows the exact fucking opposite?

Name one socialist or communist society that wasn't embargoed, subverted, and eventually coup'ed by the US in order to "prove" those systems don't work?

Your question is exactly the same as two of my friends holding you down while I piss in your face while asking why you like piss in your face.

Yeah I forgot that the US forced China into the culture revolution or Russland into performing Stalinist cleansings or into War communism with its huge famine.

Why do the capilaist countries have to spend so much time and money to prove socialism and communism don't work? Embargoes, sanctions, and coups shouldn't be necessary if capitalism is objectively better.