need? no need. want/have? I tinkered and shot target with my (now passed) stepfather and we bonded over the science and nerdy parts of it. do i carry? nope.
i’m trying to say, at a federal level, we have never actually had democracy. E V E R. 250 years of history containing oligarchs, capitalism, class warfare, racism, and manufactured consent does not leave room for any level of actual democracy.
it really took a turn when i was 32. i held my wife as she died of cancer then had to tell the kids. yep the world sucks and i do what i can to help my community. but at the end of the day .. I just got lots of healing to do for sure. thanks for your kind words. :)