Spot on, Samulus.
It's irretrievably broken, and the question now is what historical parallels we can use to guide us as to what to expect.
I think we'll continue to see:
*Slowly increasing levels of civil disturbances, possibly even riots over jobs, food, and public services.
*Steadily encroaching militarism of society, as the government plays the one card it has left.
*Continued physical degeneration of people in the US: obesity, declining fertility, piercings, tattoos, rise in pestilences, disease, etc.
*More despotic actions by government to try to keep it all together
*Flight of the rich to safe offshore havens
*Rise in functional illiteracy among the lowest sectors of society
In short, Roman history from 250-400 A.D.
It's irretrievably broken, and the question now is what historical parallels we can use to guide us as to what to expect.
I think we'll continue to see:
*Slowly increasing levels of civil disturbances, possibly even riots over jobs, food, and public services.
*Steadily encroaching militarism of society, as the government plays the one card it has left.
*Continued physical degeneration of people in the US: obesity, declining fertility, piercings, tattoos, rise in pestilences, disease, etc.
*More despotic actions by government to try to keep it all together
*Flight of the rich to safe offshore havens
*Rise in functional illiteracy among the lowest sectors of society
In short, Roman history from 250-400 A.D.