I seriously doubt we have had a capitalist society since Nixon took us off the gold standard. It has been a pack of lies, methods of control, mechanisms for punishment to help instill the illusion of freedom while they work to undermine our freedom. Money is worthless as the government can simply print billions of dollars, send it to Ukraine, where it’s invested in crypto and FTX donates to the cause. We have been devaluating our money to finance our own demise.

We are worst then the communist…

With all of that said, I still think we have the best chance of turning this mess around.

My statement is not incorrect, Putin is a communist and communism is incompatible with capitalism. I will not disagree with you that Russia is moving towards capitalism and has many great accomplishments. America is no longer a capitalist society so don’t misunderstand my statements; I’m not saying we are any better. I’m saying the Putin’s ideology is still communist, with or without the propaganda, he still doesn’t believe in your inalienable rights for freedom and the pursuit of happiness. I will even go so far to say that we don’t believe in these rights’ ether anymore. Dark places ahead…

I recently realized my whole life has been a lie; propaganda is everywhere, and you are correct, it influences everything, I’m always open to changing my mind with new information. To be honest, there are no governments that are truly capitalist so I’m only pissing in the wind…

Jack, I will challenge you...
Have you been to Russia?
This is NOT the USSR... They have been throwing OFF communism, not embracing it.

This started a LONG TIME ago. If you look, they are much more Capitalist than you realize.
They have Private business ownership. I know, I am a partner in one.
And we do NOT have the RCP/CCP that owns 51% or has any right to steal our technology.
[They can and will steal. But this is true of ALL governments today]
IMHO they are more American than the average American...
Meaning they are more interested in their children, than their own comfort.
Their education is better. I am blown away by the quality of the University Students.

And in talking to the EDUCATED people (not the equivalent of their leftist mal-contents,
who WANT communism, and money for nothing)... Things are improving every year.
And Putin has been stripping power from previous power holders who behave like communist thugs.

Russia cannot change overnight, just like 4yrs of Trump could not fix all of our problems.

But they are a PRAGMATIC and INTELLIGENT nation.
The best example is this one:

We have a SHITTY IRS and TAX CODE system (Free Market as it is, good luck changing it).
The best suggestion was doing your income taxes on a POSTCARD.
But we spend a SIGNIFICANT amount of GDP on tax documentation... See Trumps Taxes!

In Russia... The company that pays you, uses a SPECIAL service through the bank.
The Payment goes through the bank, to the employee AND the amount of taxes owed,
are sent, in real-time, out of the same payment... For their income tax, and social taxes.

But their is ZERO requirement to FILE taxes. There is no IRS. It's done electronically.
And there are no deductions, because there are no lobbies for them, nor should there be.
And it's a FLAT tax, applied to all such income.

Furthermore, due to PUTINs influence, they now have a (no-expense income tax),
for self-employed people. They pay (like 5%, I forget the %), but that's on GROSS revenue.
No paperwork required, NO FILING/TRACKING expenses.

From my perspective, as a Business Owner. Holy cow. How nice.

It's not perfect, and my friends will tell you: "Only morons and the desperate see the FREE doctors".
Real health care is available, at a price. But it WORKS, because they cannot hide behind "Standard of Care" while killing people. The Russians would run them out of town.

EVERYTHING Most Americans think they know about Russia and Putin are SIMPLY Propaganda in my opinion.


Final comment, when I was first in Russia in 1996... It was a scary place, and their driving was INSANE. The rudest drivers I have ever seen. 3 Lane roads with 5 lines of cars, had me create the Joke "The only reason they painted lines on the roads is because they saw it in satellite photos of America"...

The last time I was there, they use their Hazard Signals, after Passing someone or when they let them in... To say "Thank You"...

It blew my mind. The before and after, again, is very similar to what you see in This Ukraine Video.

Meanwhile, America is far more Communist these days... We are heading in opposite directions.
That's the point...

As a capitalist, I can not find common ground with Putin as his is a communist. His ideology is 100% for the greater good at the expense of the self. Capitalism is 100% for the self at the expense of the greater good. These are not compatible beliefs and will attempt to destroy each other.

Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals: "Accuse your opponent of what you are doing, to create confusion and to inculcate voters against evidence of your own guilt"

Maybe it's a backhanded complement...
Since Hitler is MOST LIKE what they WANT TO BE!

Is there any doubt in anyone's brain regarding which side the WEF is on? It sure isn't the right side.

If the stupid blowhards on each side of the aisle had any sense at all, they'd quit comparing Trump to Hitler! This is stupid and shows how great their ignorance is. Trump is intelligent, caring, and effective. Hitler was a heartless monster.

Putin wants Russia to be great and secure

NATO is pushing him

ukraine is corrupt and was on the side of the Germans in WW2 (for valid reasons, but the people of ukraine also helped to murder Jews and others)

me, i just want to stop all the $$$$ going to ukraine, we have given them more than enough
as there is no way to know where everything we sent has gone, efforts to track it have been blocked by the US government