Very well put. I will vote this time. I didn't in 2020 as I was so sick of things and I've been able to vote since 1988.

I'll be voting for the Trump team and more Republicans.

As you've stated voting isn't going to change anything. Like in building a large structure doing the think you think is best in each phase is important and the end result is a good building. The same goes for living in the United States.

Many Americans, including yours truly, take for granted how great our country really is. Recently I went to Europe. I entered into the Netherlands, and visited Portugal and Spain. I loved the trip. When I got back to the US I asked the Homeland Security lady where I could go and kiss the ground.

Our planet is nice but what's even nicer are individual Sovereign States. I live in Virginia. When I travel to other states I enjoy my American plebs but when I get home to Virginia I'm happy as well.

I think that each of us must do the right thing and strive to do the best things, always. After the 2020 election many cities in Virginia were vandalized. I visited the Capitol Richmond and Confederate moments were destroyed, 30 blocks of the Broad Street were totally destroyed by people who were liberals. Minority businesses were destroyed by those seeking justice for minorities. If you are under the impression that there is an equal balance of nonsense then you've not investigated or seen in real life what has and can be done.

My own city one day in 2021 had a Confederate monument vandalized and torn apart. Police snipers were on the roofs of businesses waiting for the crowd to move on to other things. The police chief was ordered to stand down and she (a black woman) told the Democrat politicians who integrated the riot that she was ready to end the lives of anyone attacking businesses. She was late fired and had since gotten a better job! Because of her actions the protesters/rioters got the word that they were going to lose their lives if they left the screen door more. In Richmond they just let the rioters go crazy.

Ordinary people are fine but the balance of ordinary has changed. It will probably get worse if we focus on what others need to do and not what we need to do.

Thank you for bringing this subject up and may each one of us become worthy of a great place to live.