it's a good point made here. I tend toward being nostalgic about periods of my past - in contrast to the insanity that has come about in recent years prior to Trump administration. But I now know that even in those days we were living in delusion as the enemy was going about laying the ground work for destroying our society. So on the one hand am tempted to dismally regard us in those times as fools. Yet there were people with good hearts trying to to do the best they could as imperfect human beings. Now our eyes have been opened - and am sure there is going to be much more red-pilling to come.  But can the foolish be redeemed by being woken up from delusions? Somewhere there was enough kernel of something in our people to get us to where we are now - with a real chance. I will just be thankful for that and try to move forward and do better. Maybe I'll not wring my hands about a past that nothing can be done about to change. The enemy fooled us for a good long run and got an upper hand, but things are turning around.