Wrong. Perhaps in liberal hell-holes within the nation, but not everywhere in America. You have a very limited and pessimistic outlook.
We ARE still mostly self-governing over large areas of the country. Or things wouldn't get done.
My appetites do drive my deeds. Or I wouldn't plant a garden so that I could eat.
Your logic is muddled, and unfit for a real world.
Prepare for success, or prepare for failure. That's the choice.
/johnny
JRF: “Or I wouldn’t plant a garden so that I could eat.”
You planted a garden? How dare you! Don’t you know you’re supposed to wait for ravens to deliver dinner? What are you, some sort of crazy prepper?