Sounds like the Philippines.
Drusas
Topical zinc helped me.
China is the most destabilizing force in the South China Sea. It steadily tries to steal territory and build on territory that is not theirs to build on, even within territory which is closer to its supposed allies like Vietnam.
Then there's the whole attacking Philippine fishing vessels thing, recently.
Fucking holly. Invasive and fast-growing where I am.
That's nearly a dead even split and it was mostly not the younger ones who voted for him.
Not the young ones.
The far right is also big government, just in a very different way.
Honestly, probably only that I like dogs more than cats now when it used to be the reverse.
My life has been crazy, in a mostly unpleasant but not entirely unpleasant way, but I don't think 10-year-old me would be surprised by any of those parts. It's the more mundane stuff that surprises.
I guess that's one way to get your legal bills paid.
I think appointing a political commentator to lead the world's most powerful military might be worse.
I wish we could just kick Texas out at this point.