I had to double check that I hadn't written about this already.

Yesterday, I went for a group run as part of a founders meetup in San Francisco. When I told one bloke I was from Canada, he asked my thoughts about Trump saying we should be the 51st state.

For a moment I remembered I wasn't at work, and refreshingly gave my thoughts.

I don't give a fuck. Like debates on transgender issues, people love talking about this because it's easier and more fun than discussing real issues.

There is a war in Gaza happening right now. There are literally asylum seekers from Russia running in our group. 30% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck[0].

When you focus on surface level issues, you feel like the people "against you" are the people in the same boat as you. You end up in-fighting with the same class workers with the same struggles as you, while billionaires buy property in their 3rd escape country.

Stop talking about these pointless issues. Pick a couple real issues and get educated on it. Global warming, proxy wars, wealth inequality, human rights, gov't corruption, the list goes on. If you're not interested in debating these, you don't moral high ground. You have moral role-play hobbies.