O I know, I am as pessimistic as you.
I crack jokes all the time, though. Helps keep me sane. I’m the guy at the funeral spraying everyone with seltzer, in a full clown get-up, honking my nose.
I know. Unfortunately, it looks like where we're headed is no laughing matter. Even FReepers are begging for depostism to save the country. Reminds me of that synopsis of The Road to Serfdom in Look Magazine, page 8. The left just got there first.