Long but insightful comments, Jesse. Really glad to know how you people in Canada feel about US and its Government. There are still hopes that the world can still be made a better place. I am from India. Till recently we were left to bleed by the terrorist activities that were cultivated by the US in our neighborhood. With the turn of the wheel and rise in the economic power in this part of Asia, US started to see some logic.
However, the dumbness of the general Americans has made them susceptible to be brainwashed by the political class of US who are digging the graves for their entire nation.