More and more, the '24 Presidential election is becoming a critical focal point for the US and the World. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/july-10-2024

@FinnegansWhacked No country should have this much power to affect the whole rest of the world.

What a terrible idea from an engineer or architect's point of view.

@AskTheDevil I'm not trying to push an inaccurate narrative. It is simply a fact that the US is a crucial leader in world politics; otherwise, why would Putin be striving so hard to destroy it? As for too much power, this is a debate for the ages; I trust that a collective and constructive insight can happen if we listen to the teachers within the indigenous communities and the descendants of enslaved people - for starters.

@FinnegansWhacked I'm sorry if I gave that impression! I don't believe you are pushing a false narrative!

I just feel like no nation should have unilateral power to screw with every other.

@AskTheDevil Completely agree with that! I guess, with great power, there is no guarantee that nobler intentions will prevail. I was expressing a wish and as much of a prayer as a self-avowed atheist can muster: we need to embrace those who have suffered much because they alone have the wisdom borne from great oppression and suffering.