In a democracy, the state is not a formless, uninfluenced entity. It's the way it is because the people are horrible.

No deference to the systems we grow up in? No ability to understand context?

The US is not a Democracy.

Congrats. We're all shit. All of us. You and me too. GO TO THERAPY.

Want to" is not when your freedom of speech ends man. No, the dems are not taking away your freedom of speech

I didn't realize all I had to do was "talk" to have my material needs met. To have my ideas as part of the political conversation.

Wait, I do that, to people, face to face. We still have ghost jobs polluting our employment statistics, and blackshirts on the streets abducting neighbors.

I live in an area that is putting actual money into balancing the scales but yeah sure it's just a empty words ~

Congrats. How did you get there? I need you to understand that is a privilege not all of us have. And without further detail, I'm curious about how many of your neighbors face a different reality.