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Optimism sees a better world ahead and offers potential solutions and at least a mindset of a potential solution.

The problem with pessimism is there's no way out other than complete anarchy and destruction.

But you know what I'm saying?

In your analogy, it's like you're fucked.

Sure, but even in that.

I would assume by the time people with guns come to your house, they have a pretty good understanding of what your house is built like.

Well, they certainly don't have control over narratives anymore.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's right.

Yeah.

Which is why he wanted this massive economic reform.

And this is why he wanted to do an audit on everything.

He saw how that worked out.

Apparently, there's some real talk about changing the status of marijuana.

But there's something that just came out yesterday, too, where they think that Trump might declassify it and take it from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule 3, which would change everything.

There was an article about the economics of it because they were talking about these businesses, how they're taxed, and how federally they're still operating independently.

Like criminals.

Yeah.

That's how it's viewed by the federal government views it as a Schedule I substance.