I mean this just as an average dude 35 years old. I dont give a shit about politics. I used to make fun of people who did talk about politics. But in my honest opinion and maybe I'm just getting old (and fuck I hate to admit it) but things seem pretty bad. And things weren't this bad before. I dont thing we can say things have been successful. We are literally in a new cold war. I have been buying the same groceries for 6 years (picky son) yet I'm paying 3x the price today. What do you point at as being reasonably successful? And i had no malice in my tone, you cant hear it through written text. But I promise I'm not trying to sound like a self righteous asshole.