The sad state of the US people.

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TheRealMafoo said:

Great post.

I will say this though (and I am not predicting this any time soon)

When the US comes to an end (and it will end, all things do), it won't be gradual. It will be an all the sudden kind of thing. Very few will see it coming. I worry, because I feel every additional step we take away from who we used to be, is one step closer to that end.

If I had to guess, the end it beyond my lifetime. over 100 years out. But we will fall apart because of the things we do to ourselves, not because of what other do to us. The slower we destroy ourselves, the longer this country lasts.

This is what I am arguing for. A slower demise of what America was. What we do today, could add dozens of years to this countries lifetime.

 

Thanks.  The U.S. will evolve.  That is the beauty of having a country that is full of pretty educated people, spread far out, with nice stuff and no physical threat of invasion.

Since we are looking into the crystal ball:

Internationalism and technology will make national governments around the world less important.  There will be resistance, but in the end, there is no stopping the flow of information.  Even if the nationalist and internationalist start WWIII, and the Nationalists win, they will still end up setting up new international orginizations by default.  I don't think there will be major war though.  Local governments, international legal bodies will fill many of the roles of national governments.