I traveled to Ireland about 15 years ago, the west coast, when things seemed to be booming there. Loved the Irish folk I met, they seemed quite intelligent (as well as being good looking and strapping young people) and informed about worldly affairs, in many instances they were more informed about things (including American politics) than most of the other Americans I was traveling with.

Not sure how old you are, I just turned 42, and am considered (in America) part of "Generation X"--the people born after the Baby Boomer generation (children of the World War 2 generation), roughly, from about 1964-1982--my dad fought in Vietnam and my mom was a big-time hippie. Few people I know give much of a fuck about homo's...let 'em marry, honestly, who cares? Seriously, it isn't even an issue any more.

When I was coming up, I never DREAMED of demanding 'free' healthcare or college or thinking I had a right to a particular wage or anything else for 'free'. People, at this point, who still believe they're due to a 'free' ride are fucking insane and have NO clue about the fiscal disasters that await us in the future. Its not about what you 'believe' or 'think' should be, its about what IS.

Maybe I'm getting old, but this Millenial generation (born app. 1983-2001) coming up that was born or came of age after the fall of Communism, the USSR, and the East Bloc are the biggest fucking whiners and cunts I've ever seen! They actually want to adopt the failed policies which sunk the USSR, East Bloc, Communist China,etc...un-fucking-believable!

I was a HUGE Ron Paul supporter in 2008 (less so in 2012), went door-to-door for him and donated a significant amount of $. IMO he was America's last chance to turn things around. Bernie, IMO, is largely a fraud (https://steemit.com/politics/@kingkrawdad/on-a-scale-of-1-10-how-much-of-a-fraud-huckster-is-bernie-sanduhrs), Hillary is straight-up EVIL, and Trump is a wild card. At this point NO ONE is promoting any sane or rational solutions, and there is NO EASY way out.