In fairness, I 99% think that /I’m/ just a story.

How about we don't base our policies on what billionaires will tolerate

How is "Billionaires thinking of maybe doing something" a news story?

The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps"
originated in the 19th century to describe an impossible, absurd task, like lifting yourself by your own boot straps, often linked to tales of Baron Munchausen pulling himself from a swamp by his hair

I feel like the people who have fallen for this idea don’t think much about enlightenment.

Not that it really matters but, young people are more likely to use an iPhone than older people. This is especially pronounced in the US where an estimated 58% of young people have an iPhone.

explodingtopics.com/blog/iphone-...

And by wars I thought that meant literal armed conflicts.

I agree that those who argue we should hyperfixate on class struggle to the exclusion of race/gender struggles are incorrect, but I don't see what this has to do with the 'no war but class war' idea. I've only heard that as slogan arguing for an end to wars and a focus on wealth redistribution.

Please for the love of God, anyone who would support him, have some self-respect!

I mean seriously, you have to be particularly bad for me to be sitting here and defending the sanctity and ethical standards of people like Bush, Reagan, and even Nixon. But even they had some semblance of respect for the Office and for the US Government. Trump respects nothing but himself.

He views it as his personal power. He even goes so far as to think past Presidents were stupid for not openly abusing and using their powers for their own selfish interests as he has.

Trump is destroying all of this! He is a petty would be tyrant with no respect for America or her institutions—or really even an understanding of them. He does not see himself as a temporary holder of the Office of the Presidency of the United States, an office that belongs to The People.