mailbag 7: james for president

made on february 28, 2026

delicious. finally, some good fucking mail in the big 26.

hello there, x. thank you for these questions, as i have been itching to answer many. :)

1. Given current energy demands, do you believe abandoning nuclear power is responsible caution… or long-term miscalculation in the case of us learning how to dispose of it properly?

personally, i'm not really the one who is big on how energy is put into perspective and whatnot, but i will say that nuclear is probably one of our best options we have, despite it being particularly... destructive. giving it up would take a while, too, so long as we are disposing of it properly, which i'm not even sure how it would be possible to do so.

2. If you could instantly learn one new language today, which would you choose and why?

japanese. easily. i love japan and its culture, and i would love to understand how they communicate.

3. With hydrogen vehicles repeatedly announced but rarely adopted, do you think they are a genuine future solution… or a perpetual prototype?

i actually never heard of hydrogen vehicles before. that sounds amazing, especially considering electric vehicles are more or less still trying to be adapted further and further (that and their shortcomings). hydrogen seems like a more proper solution. i just hope whoever made the plans for hydrogen vehicles doesn't get fucking killed like the water car guy.

4. If you were redesigning public transportation in the U.S., would you prioritize Japan-style railways and walkable cities… or pursue a different model entirely?

don't get me wrong. i love driving to and around places, but i think cities should definitely be more walkable by far. if i were to redesign public transportation, that's one thing i would do: make places more walkable, especially since it would help out a lot for people that don't drive but also live in that area. oh, and it would provide younger people more opportunities to explore the places they live in, i suppose.

but there is also something i realized as well: suburbs and other living spaces don't have sidewalks. i'm surprised by that, considering people always end up walking around them.

yes, people might argue that the person in charge of their home would have to pay for "their sidewalk", but i don't see that as the case at all. the potential suburban sidewalks would just be their own paid thing, and not the person's property. if this were the case, homeowners could easily exploit this bullshit and be all like "get off my property you pissbag!", and then the innocent bystander of the sidewalk will be pushed into the road. of course, i could be stupid as hell like i usually am.

my apologies for changing the topic there for a bit. i just kinda had that thought for a while.

5. Given rising premiums, coverage gaps, and medical costs outpacing wages, how would you redesign health insurance to actually solve these problems… rather than just maintain the system?

i honestly think health insurance and healthcare stuff in general should be more affordable. the whole system is messed up entirely. that's all i can really say about that.

6. With AI disrupting jobs, student loan debt unresolved, housing increasingly unaffordable, constant renting, and U.S. Treasury strain, do you believe a market crash is imminent—and if so how would you recommend the average person to prepare for it?

personally, i might sound like some infowars wacko here, but the market will crash if people let it. this is all their fault, and at this rate, i'd like to watch the market burn to the ground again because of how unsurprising the outcome will be.

ai is only disrupting jobs because big companies have realized they can easily exploit everyone with it. and who still consumes their products? the consumer.

yes, student loan debts are still unresolved, especially considering the greedy practices of certain universities piggybacking off their so-called precious students. however, i'd like to add someone is still paying for them.

renting (at the very least for housing/living environments) is also a relatively big issue, but this is also because apartments have became the norm for living, along with the unaffordable housing you mentioned. because all the rich people have decided to buy out all the housing in an area, the prices have inevitably went up as a result.

and nobody is going to do a damn thing about it either way. nobody is going to stop this gentrified nightmare because people aren't taking back what they own.

now i'll talk about renting in other terms: people should really stop downpaying for all their shit. if you like something so much, own it. paying monthly for something is bullshit if you want to truly own that certain thing.

as for the treasury strain, i actually have no comment on that, considering my lack of knowledge on the subject matter. i'm sorry.

for the average person to prepare for a crash: as an average person myself, i don't know. i guess save up as much money as you can or something. i'm not good with these things.

7. And lastly, considering AI’s displacement of programming, writing, and creative jobs—alongside its acceleration of medical and scientific breakthroughs—do you view AI as a net benefit… or a destabilizing force introduced too early without safeguards?

i think ai should be put down like old yeller. if people hate it so much, why don't they just kill it?

i see its benefits in medical and scientific breakthroughs by far, but i think people should just stop using it for anything creative-wise. it's only making people more dumber in that aspect.

i apologize if i'm not the best at answering these sort of hard-hitting life-bending questions, as i'm not the most in-touch political-economic kinda person like some other people i know. however, i'm really glad i got to answer these questions. i also apologize for the fact it's currently 3:30 pm est at the time of writing this and not 12 hours ago. i wish i could've gotten to updating my website sooner, but i had to sleep.