Not to derail the current conversation, but something that just struck me as an interesting angle, and to understand the company here better, is to ask the question of, "How long have you been 'involved' in politics?" By which I mean more precisely, when did you invest your time and interest in it? 

Not just that you knew it was a thing or watched the news on it, but when it became of enough impottance to engage in a forum like this? No less, this is an open question to anyone, not just [@Dynamo Frokane] or [@mdk] for example. No one is compelled to answer either.

For myself, the matter began some eight years ago, but only became of priority to me when I noted the rise of civil unrest in the United States, domestic and foreign terrorism, and then the political chaos of the 2016 runnings. I had worried about the debt previously and was always wary of the administration, but that quickly escalated as time went on. From there I started to research and formulate my opinions and begin to question everything; I always resented formal education, because it [i]felt[/i] like indoctrination and most all I do know came from reading, so the matters of looking into this all were natural.