the pirates would say otherwise though

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_colonization_of_the_Americas but then again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas

what's a name.. gulf of america lake of america... taken over pirate style.

its a big can of worms...

I want my great great grandfather's farm back on the planes of Abraham as the family name falls off the hill https://www.plainsofabraham.ca/locations-historical-monuments/gilmour-hill
(supposedly great great uncle was https://heritagemississauga.com/the-urban-legend-of-buffalo-bills-connection-to-mississauga/ )

I guess those with the biggest guns wins https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ https://explorenuclear.com/maps/world-map-of-nuclear-sites-facilities-and-more/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/largest-defense-budgets-in-the-world/
but, then again the debt mounted https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/us-debt-forecast-to-hit-64t-in-a-decade-as-trump-policies-widen-deficit-00775726
All empires die eventually in https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-of-the-self/201210/greed-the-ultimate-addiction collusion, contempt, complacency and corruption etc...
Lots of examples of that on the fine planet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuOcnGAv4oo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Maya_collapse etc...

some higher power has a kill switch on it all if we get too crazy and wild in our ways I suspect...take that fools as they throw a dictator in the mix to really mess things up https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/dictator-psychology/

new world order? https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-10-27/end-american-power https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/iran-and-new-rules-global-power-pape

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/economist-jeff-rubin-offers-a-map-of-the-new-normal/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NwC8vSSeE cheap energy so important now, come on ships move faster https://marinetraffic.com/
new wars now a days cheap stuff https://abcnews.com/International/irans-low-cost-long-range-shahed-drones-wreaking/story?id=130995895 https://drone-warfare.com/research/shahed-136/ BRICs vs west?
as we over price ourselves out of a house and home, nice house not much inside it syndrome https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/gmaps.jsp we've been here before, all empires die eventually. What is even made in america anymore? https://thereitis.org/bush-pr-team-covers-china-stamp-with-made-in-usa/

Its a fine planet just that some really scrw up a good thing...what the hell do we do with all this stuff to prove self worth...

Delicate balance and moderation - sustainability.

Planet is going to do what the planet does to survive we humans will do as we so desire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFK8uq_ItMs good die young
https://deming.org/a-bad-system-will-beat-a-good-person-every-time/ https://www.thecorporategovernanceinstitute.com/insights/lexicon/what-does-culture-eats-strategy-for-breakfast-mean/ https://www.gmichaelhopf.com/hard-times etc...

As the world turns and the waves churn.
Small is good simple is smart. Now its time to get my fix of chaos...dopamine rush
ref https://hbr.org/2010/10/dopes-and-dopamine-the-problem