I don’t think they even prepared for the “war” part of Trump’s Iran War.
If there is some glimmer of hope, it’s that maybe a few more of my countrymen now realize that the US isn’t as powerful as our leaders like to pretend. The mask is coming off, and while it is a bit nerve-racking pondering what the future may hold, I do hope it starts us down a path of more righteous endeavors. As much bad as we do in the world, I do know the good that people in this country are capable of.
Just gotta get all of these right wing democrats out, and punish the war criminals and their profiteers.
I’m no prude, but I also don’t think a lot of porn actors really want to be doing what they are doing. There is a lot of manipulation, drugging, exploitation, and straight up criminal activity that a large porn industry begets. But if you regulate it, if you protect sex workers, if you disallow access for younger people (I’m not for age verification, I’m saying parent/guardian intervention), if you allow the actors to have agency and full authority over their own work, then cool. I think there needs to be a lot more study and subsequent awareness what early access to pornography does to a young mind. I truly believe that porn is responsible for the increase in vociferous misogyny we are seeing with young men, enabled by the manosphere, which is just chock-full of sex predators and straight up pedophiles. To start to even have these discussions though, the taboo around sex needs to be widely removed.