Patrick,
[Regarding “Is the system rigged? You betcha”] It’s your choice to suspend reason, logic and empirical facts about the societal and individual fidelities. I do not think that ignorance is a bliss; just the opposite.
It is my hope that no one pays/will pay any attention to your opinions on any subject as you clearly require no evidence to support them.
Your lot is a Western analog of ISIS – doubt, uncertainty, blind faith, ignorance, dogmas, fear are all the currency you use.
I have no illusions about your wanting to cut off your opponent’s head, if it weren’t for the secular/civilized world.
Miro