If you haven't heard of M.A.S.H. may I also politely recommend the sleeper hit, Star Trek?

I'm not sure thats right. I think the 2A was written in order to enable the US to be able to organize militias to defend itself against foreign invasion as, at the time, the idea of the colonies supporting a standing army was impossible.

I see a lot of people starting gardens or looking to getting chickens to be as self sufficient as they can. Many are holding off on large purchases to save in case "something happens". People around me who were never interested in firearms and in fact were generally opposed to them are starting to arm themselves at a rapid pace.

Yes, and worsening relations with our allies will only further the fascists goals by hastening the ever increasing hardships faced by working class Americans as they get the short end of the stick of the trade wars.

This is gonna be the cycle until America tears itself apart.

Republicans win election after their base gets motivated to get out the vote after having none of the issues affecting their material conditions addressed and the Republican party will try to shift the nation towards fascism. That'll motivate the Democrats to get out in the midterms and slow but not stop the horrors, then the Democrats will win the next election and similarly do nothing to affect the material conditions of working class Americans or turn back the fascist tilt of the nation, rinse and repeat.

Never let objectivity stop your creativity.

Easy solution, use Levar Burton as Geordi LaForge. Then you get a sci-fi commie engineer up in there

I similarly found Ayn Rand sickening when I read it. After reading The Fountainhead and Anthem, I decided it was a moral imperative to bully and ostracize the shit outta anyone who found her writing admirable.

Still like Rush, tho, I guess, so we're all fulla contradictions.

Isn't China taking some of these actions?

Let's see the posts that got ya these bans, eh?

I'll believe the economics are better when I'm not paying markedly more for everything in my life and my salary increases.

The politicians are so wildly out of touch with the citizens.

This idea that the data is "mistrusted" or "unseen" is ridiculous to the point of incredulity. I don't care what the data says, I know what my lived experiences are and everything is getting wildly more expensive except my labor, it seems. Show me any study you want, it won't change that groceries are 30%+ more expensive, my rent keeps going up, restaurants and bars have gotten nearly 50% or more pricier and my wage hasn't grown to match.