15 minutes ago, MIke B Bad said:

Are Maniacs running our world? And, why?

1. In the main, yes....why?

2. The voters, generally, are as thick as mince and easily fooled.......

Would you say that it is also the voters in China who are responsible for the Maniacs running the Middle Kingdom?

Are the LaoBaiXing also as thick as mince?

Please recall that I did mention the LAOBAIXING in the original topic.

The USA is not the only country run by Maniacs, I think....maybe....

Are Maniacs running our world?

Obviously not. I think the worst cases are too busy posting here every day, all day long. Where would they get the time to run the world too?

Power hungry and money hungry oligarchs run the planet. The average citizens are cannon fodder.
That's the way of this reality in which we live.

On 7/31/2026 at 7:45 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

And we won't own anything, just take the rent out of our credits.

On 7/31/2026 at 8:56 AM, FinChin67 said:

WEF's Klaus Schwab says it proudly. "The world will no longer be run by superpowers like America… it will be run by the World Economic Forum and its stakeholders; BlackRock, Bill Gates & the rest of the global elite."

They have already gotten the hooks into opening doors in Thailand .. who invited them ? all it is doing is diminishing Thailands National Sovereignty

15 hours ago, MIke B Bad said:

Are Maniacs running our world? And, why?

1. In the main, yes....why?

2. The voters, generally, are as thick as mince and easily fooled.......

in addition too ........................ Too much soy !!! and definitely not enough testosterone !

It definetely seems that there are more maniacs running the world now than I've ever seen in my lifetime, and the future doesn't look at all rosey. Perhaps this explains the fermi paradox.

On 7/31/2026 at 10:05 AM, Lacessit said:

I've always thought 10 cc were better.

10cc is average. Actually 10cc is an average. Their music I like.

On 7/31/2026 at 10:46 AM, spidermike007 said:

Yes. The world is being led by leaders that have no sense of morality, very little empathy, very little compassion or sense of charity, in the case of my nation a man who is very corrupt and ethically depraved, and most have very little in the way of competence or wisdom.

But that is certainly the case in the US at the moment where they have a bunch of "leaders" who have no idea whatsoever about that which they supposedly preside over.

For example, Trump graduated near the bottom of his class at Wharton, Jim Jordan never took the bar exam and Rand Paul was never a board-certified ophthalmologist.

Mike Johnson was the Dean of a non-existent law school and Lauren Bobbert took four tries to get her GED.

Karoline Leavitt had an undistinguished academic career at St Anselm College and Jared Kushner's father paid $2 million to get him into Harvard.

To add to that you have RFK Jr, an ex-drug addict and with no medical qualifications whatsoever who is the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and has no medical qualifications whatsoever and is a ex drug addict and an anti-VAX campaigner (or was).

Many other imbeciles in charge of departments over which they have no knowledge whatsoever and they have the nerve to grill Dr Fauci over his role in the Covid outbreak, when his president had no idea what it was all about!

Years from now, intelligent Americans (yes there are some) will look back on this time and wonder what the hell happened, and just to even the score up a little, although I am not a Trump supporter in any way, shape or form, the Democrats have to shoulder some of the blame for putting up a senile Joe Biden and an untried and unpopular Kamala Harris against a seasoned conman, and compulsive liar and grifter called Trump.

He and his administration are the maniacs running the country and impacting other countries around the world.

Notwithstanding this, Trump promised his MAGA followers the following: –

– That Mexico would pay for a wall to keep out illegals

– that he would lock up Hillary Clinton

– that he would drain the swamp, but he has added to it and big-time too

– that the American public would get affordable health care

– that he would eliminate the national debt (yeah right)

– that he would get manufacturing back to the US, which hasn't happened

– that the public would get a $5000 doge cheque

– that the public will get a $2000 tariff cheque

– that his presidency would result in lower gas prices and lower grocery prices, none of which have happened due to his stupidity over a war which he started.

Yet none of this eventuated.......poor MAGAs.

And just to finish, one has to wonder why Trump wears orange make up, JD Vance wears eyeliner and Pete Hegseth sports very large tattoos.......nice boys all of them???

Looking back on this, folks will wonder how the hell Trump and his administration got away with this absolute nonsense.

Yeah, John Lennon agrees (agreed) with you, Gamster.

Maybe one of the reasons he was shot. The ultra powerful maniacs helped him get rich and famous in the first place. They don't like being bad-mouthed.

Yes. Maniacs rule the world. But you rule the sub forum ASEA NOW community pub. Every absurd brain storm you suffer find plenty of contributors that feel the urge to comment your "intellectual findings", while you never leave the house.

Indeed, maniacs with too much time on their hands will take over the world, you being limited to your "home turf" on AN. Thankfully.

National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1980 regarding human thought patterns. The study found that the average person has between 12,000 and 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those daily thoughts, roughly 80% were negative, and 95% were repetitive—meaning people tend to replay the same recurring worries, criticisms, and anxieties day after day.

13 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

oughly 80% were negative, and 95% were repetitive

This demonstrates why Trump occupies the minds of the left around the clock.

Just now, Effective altruism said:

This demonstrates why Trump occupies the minds of the left around the clock.

Yes well they repeat the same lame insults daily. The percentages are probably higher for lefties. They seem to be negative nearly all the time. Must be a flaw in the genes.

3 hours ago, swissie said:

Yes. Maniacs rule the world. But you rule the sub forum ASEA NOW community pub. Every absurd brain storm you suffer find plenty of contributors that feel the urge to comment your "intellectual findings", while you never leave the house.

Indeed, maniacs with too much time on their hands will take over the world, you being limited to your "home turf" on AN. Thankfully.

In my view, I am able to enjoy a far clearer perspective on the world, from inside my house.

Those living in the world, fully engaged, are entirely unable to remain objective.

I, on the other hand, stand apart, aloof and unbiased.

I can see and identify the Maniacs others may not.

19 hours ago, swissie said:

But you rule the sub forum ASEA NOW community pub. Every absurd brain storm you suffer find plenty of contributors that feel the urge to comment your "intellectual findings", while you never leave the house.

Furthermore:

Just according to my considered opinion, I am NOT running this sub-forum; neither am I ruining it.

It is NOT true that I NEVER leave my house.

I am NOT a hermit, Sir.

And, I will soon have more to add to this Sub-Forum, about being a hermit, as well as the advantages.

Please, stay tuned.

Thank you.

Are Maniacs running our world?

Maybe but they do seem to dominate AN?

Just now, VocalNeal said:

Are Maniacs running our world?

Maybe but they do seem to dominate AN?

They’re everywhere and gawd help us as we’re living in the back end of human civilization.

17 minutes ago, novacova said:

They’re everywhere and gawd help us as we’re living in the back end of human civilization.

Yes....

But, I think you should have used the term, "backwater", instead of "backend"....

Sometimes, living in a backwater can be the best place to live....as most of us now know.