The American empire has entered its final act - Opinion

JD_co

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5668693-america-decline-trump-exposed/

America is not falling tomorrow. It is settling into managed decline. Each generation inherits a narrower set of possibilities. Boomers dreamed big. Gen X sought security. Millennials adjusted to constraint. Gen Z dreams of not becoming homeless.

As the country approaches its quarter-millennium mark, the temptation is nostalgia. Flags. Fireworks. Familiar speeches about destiny. But history is not sentimental. Civilizations peak, plateau, and pass the baton. America may not be finished, but it no longer defines the age.

Trump didn’t save America. He didn’t destroy it either. He revealed it. And what he revealed is a nation exhausted, indebted, aging, and divided — still powerful, still wealthy, but no longer confident in its future.

Don't know if this was posted at MFO earlier (or I might have just seen it elsewhere), but thought this was an interesting take. Bold added.

AndyJ

I don't know how anybody could successfully argue against that take on the situation.

Old_Joe

Exactly. He manages to incite and bring out the very worst in us.

catch22

Thank you for the post.

Observant1

AndyJ said:

I don't know how anybody could successfully argue against that take on the situation.

They can not.
So they resort to whataboutism and propaganda to "validate" their preconceived notions.
These feeble attempts are often pathetic!

Crash

Sad, but true. Every word of it. Decline? Hell, I've been saying that for at least 15 years by now. The biggest piece of evidence is that Orange Doink was elected. TWICE!

rono

Howdy folks,

Alas and alack. So true. And while Trump is an incredible ass, he's not the only one to blame. Reagan probably did more to destroy the country then anyone and both sides of congress have gone along. This is why so many Americans are pissed and who voted for Trump because he promised them change. Don't know that this is what they had in mind.

and so it goes,

peace,

rono

JD_co said:

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5668693-america-decline-trump-exposed/

America is not falling tomorrow. It is settling into managed decline. Each generation inherits a narrower set of possibilities. Boomers dreamed big. Gen X sought security. Millennials adjusted to constraint. Gen Z dreams of not becoming homeless.

As the country approaches its quarter-millennium mark, the temptation is nostalgia. Flags. Fireworks. Familiar speeches about destiny. But history is not sentimental. Civilizations peak, plateau, and pass the baton. America may not be finished, but it no longer defines the age.

Trump didn’t save America. He didn’t destroy it either. He revealed it. And what he revealed is a nation exhausted, indebted, aging, and divided — still powerful, still wealthy, but no longer confident in its future.

Don't know if this was posted at MFO earlier (or I might have just seen it elsewhere), but thought this was an interesting take. Bold added.

DrVenture

Hard to consider a nation with such a big "mortgage" as a truly healthy economy.
Hard to consider a nation that cares not for its populace health care as "shining".
Hard to consider a nation whose politicians embrace division, as operating efficiently.
Hard to consider a nation with such a vast wealth gap, as land of opportunity for all.

I have been saying for a decade that trump didn't create this mess, or this hate, he just illuminated it (for his own advancement). He sold out the U.S.A for his 30 pieces of silver. The illusion is no more. Lady Liberty is a sham. Perhaps, time to scrap it for the copper.

Old_Joe

And replace it with a huge statue of Trump, painted "gold", of course. Shit- don't give him any more ideas...