💙 Blue City-States of America 💙 Brainstormer of ideas. Not time travel. Time communication. The Third Period of American Instability: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ISSumidZAyvfuZtoiARJQ0F7phyv4hRpEvqPOYbJWAs/edit?usp=drive_linkhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlajjkswuc2bThe Spanish-American War marked the beginning of the US as a global power. Vietnam marked the end. It's just been one exposition of weakness after another. But if we were to just step back, we'd realize that it's not about competition. It's about cooperation. Speak softly and carry a big stick?07 May 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlajjkswuc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlagn3m5hk2bToo many coincidences. It's like having the same head trip or story you keep returning to each time you get stoned. That never goes away. Collective minds behave the same way.07 May 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlagn3m5hk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlagd564fs2bMcKinley's father was a foundry man. Nixon's father was a gas station attendant. Economic signs of the times. Industrial and services. Both were like a cooling off period for a nation that had gone through turbulent times.07 May 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlagd564fs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlag5v74fs2bSo, as we go through time, I would like to offer up a pair of glasses If we look at things through "the 40 years ago lens," we'll see things we haven't seen It might be like noticing how many red cars there are But the 1896 - 1968 connections are unmistakable Carter, T. Roosevelt and Panama.07 May 2026 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlag5v74fs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlafkk6fis2bThat event shook so many people to their core. How could that happen? That was so cold. It was rough absorbing that reality at the age of 13. There's a lot going on in the developing human brain at that age from what I understand. Our worldview was affected by that event.07 May 2026 04:40 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlafkk6fis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlaf2ck4z22bThis is inspiring me to write some more stuff on history. The only generational equivalent that I can think of is Jim Jones and the People's Temple. MAGA is a cult with the heart of an onion. A lot of tears and nothing at the center. Just reading that transcript makes my hair stand on ends. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaf2ck4z22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlaalaxsh42uWith context, we can have time communication.07 May 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaalaxsh42uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mlaafpig7m2u"Governor Porter" sounds so nice. She took down Jamie Diamond over a hypothetical citizen caught in everyday expenses and questioned Diamond over what he thinks the hypothetical citizen-banking customer should do. That would be so relevant today.07 May 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaafpig7m2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla7ptg74m2uThe British call it "rough sleeping." "Rough sleeping in London has reached record highs, with over 4,800 people recorded sleeping on the streets between October and December 2025, a 5% increase from the previous year. Rising rents, a severe shortage of affordable housing..."07 May 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla7ptg74m2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla7dvxwju2uThanks to everyone who recently followed me. It's tough to handle all this fortune and fame. My app is coming and I will need testers. A month out. But it's a logic app. Like a magnifying glass on reality. Finding patterns of context over time.07 May 2026 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla7dvxwju2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla6k6fpks2uFive million should do it. Someone always wants some cash. They would have a lawyer. Our group would have a lawyer. They would carry out the transaction. They can remain anonymous.07 May 2026 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla6k6fpks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla3zxfn7k2uWe need to sugar up the bait. Put some money on the end of that hook. Someone has or can give us copies.07 May 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla3zxfn7k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla3ug6hoc2uSurely, there would be some kinda Julian Assange who could get some kind of financial reward from an anonymous leak? By now? Something not adding up07 May 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla3ug6hoc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla3nfsb322uWhat's significant about 55%? That was Lincoln's best in 1864. I think that's the best metric we can have.07 May 2026 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla3nfsb322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla2yoikg22uWhatever Minnesota says, that's how we do things. And if you were a young lefty Minnesotan back in the day, you are the boss. That being said, my first vote was in 1984 for Mondale. Now guess how long it's been since we had a president of 55%. 1984 That's the problem. You see now?07 May 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla2yoikg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3mla2kp2ok22uThe currency market, in the long-term, consider public spending on health care, infrastructure, housing. Stability. Happy workers are positively associated with a strong currency. The Scandinavian model. Experimentation. Notice, Minnesota in 1984 and 1968 when Humphrey ran. They were right.07 May 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla2kp2ok22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7zw7kee22uEven if it weren't the world's reserve currency, it would still be a thing of value because a Blue City-States of America would be a consolidation of urban economic power. The currency market holds, in high regard, a country which takes care of its people. Why do you think that is, Donald?07 May 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zw7kee22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7obmfjpk2qA debt is still a debt...regardless if it's caused by tax cuts or increased defense spending. They need defense spending because they need to defend their assets. And billionaires are always creating jobs with the tax cuts we give them.06 May 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7obmfjpk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7n476eok2qDon't you get it? We have at least 75% of the American people in that continuum pinned above. Just align your message with that need and there it is.06 May 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7n476eok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7mbpuqws2qPeople want rent at no more than 30% of income. Humans should not profit greatly from another human's existence. Can we at least agree on that?06 May 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7mbpuqws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7kx4y2ik2qIf GDP per capita is like $85k to $94k And... ...you're always telling people that we should spend no more than 30% of income on housing... Divide that by 12 monthly rental payments... Nobody should be paying more than that amount to simply exist.06 May 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7kx4y2ik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7kh32xdc2qI know you now see it, right? Colonialism Slavery Worker Exploitation An unregulated housing market.06 May 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7kh32xdc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7k3lwm2s2qThat means the Democratic party must also disassociate itself with any and all donors and donations from the real estate sector, but I know you now see why we can disregard their influence.06 May 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7k3lwm2s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7ix6gt7s2qI don't care if there is only 10% commoner-held, nobody shall OWN the sovereign wealth fund except the people.06 May 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ix6gt7s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7irgccoc2qIf the rich would contribute and participate but not own, what valiant citizens they would be!06 May 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7irgccoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7i4arcok2qLet's build this treasure of history together. Let's make it like Whoville. We come out singing regardless because we know we have value.06 May 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7i4arcok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7hnqdenk2qHaving a regulated housing market would acknowledge environmental pressures concerning resource depletion. Instead, we could have a single global market for resources, any and all. That would be the environmental thing to do.06 May 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7hnqdenk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7hhxi5k22qWe must regulate housing and we can do it without caps. It would lean a little bit into what socialism really is about..ownership of the capital. But only one tax needs to be paid. At all. That could keep civilization and be receptive to environmental pressures.06 May 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7hhxi5k22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7h5yrny22qUp the morality spectrum we go... First, it was slavery that we declared to be immoral. Lincoln Then, it was worker exploitation. Roosevelt. Now, we have another level of existence we must judge to be immoral. A housing market with no regulations.06 May 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7h5yrny22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnfeier.bsky.social/post/3ml7gtmh6bc2qThe Functional Melancholic is helping to bring the unspeakable truths of ontology to the mainstream. Our own real life version of the Twilight Zone. What it's like to be. To be. https://youtube.com/watch?v=2QmP_adcZEY&si=GQ3xa4wU0pvKpJ6a06 May 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:ffcwxsaxagduk4f3tyzcimoe/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7gtmh6bc2q