In this no-music, no-fluff episode, independent presidential candidate Nelson N. Alers sits down—just him, a microphone, and you—to cut through the bipartisan bullshit about China.

Both parties want you terrified. Both parties want you hateful. But why? Nelson's been to China. He's seen the bullet trains, the modern cities, the low crime, the advanced electric vehicles, and the small-business support that puts America to shame. Meanwhile, the U.S. spends more on defense than the next ten nations combined—while our homeless are criminalized, our healthcare is a luxury, and our working families are squeezed dry.

This isn't about espionage. It's about distraction. Big corporations don't want you to know that China evolved from its past mistakes and built a future without depending on military might. They don't want you asking why we can't do the same.

No donation requests. No gimmicks. Just a sarcastic, smart, and brutally honest conversation about why we're being played—and what we can do about it.

If this message hits home, do one thing: like, share, and follow Independently Screwed. That's it. That's the ask.

Because the truth doesn't need a soundtrack—it just needs to be heard.

No jingles, no drama—just a cold, hard look at why your golden years look more like tarnished tin. Host Nelson N. Alers—independent presidential candidate, card-maxed, and patience-minimal—walks you through the bipartisan heist of Social Security. They borrowed your future to balance their spreadsheets, and now they want to call it “entitlement reform.” Spoiler: it’s not reform, it’s repossession. We’ll talk military budgets that could fund Mars colonies, billionaires who pay less tax than a vending machine, and why the real “national debt” is the one we owe to our own seniors. No pacifiers, no party lines—just a conversation that might make you mad enough to vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.

In this episode:

Nelson does what the major parties won't—call out the whole damn circus. No music. No sound effects. No sugarcoating.

He takes a hard look at the performative progressivism of AOC and Bernie Sanders—two self-proclaimed socialists who know damn well that label tanks outside the Northeast, so they dress it up in nicer words. Then he swings right at JD Vance and Marco Rubio, who talk tough about the system while cashing checks from the very machine they claim to hate.

The takeaway? They all care about one thing: surviving the next election. Not you. Not the country. Just polls, swing states, and their own job security.

Nelson makes the case for a new kind of revolution—not left, not right, but independent and inconvenient. No donations asked for (we're broke, we know). Just a simple ask: follow, share, and start thinking for yourself.

If you're tired of the same two-party puppet show and ready to hear someone say what everyone's thinking but too scared to tweet—this one's for you.

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Disclaimer: No politicians were harmed in the making of this podcast. But their feelings might've been. Oh well.