 they're not good for the health of our republic so um how does a a nation like this succumb or or collapse and what do you think of the cycle of nations and i should probably look that up for you well yeah i mean i think i think it's uh again partly an impossible question to predict the future but but also i mean the things you say are really worrying you know i find myself very grateful to my uh my hopeful friends and my optimistic friends and maybe those are