Which leads you to a demise never witnessed before.It's pretty embarrassing to be an American these days. The way we handle serious issues, to put nicely, is childish in general. Way too few people have any sort of long-term view of themselves, their family, and the country. It's always right here right now and deal with the consequences when they come later. I think that's part of the problem. And the supreme US federal government really sets the example on that one...
In a way it's a compliment to our great nation. It's a compliment to capitalism, to our military, to our police, etc, that we built a country so rich, so safe, so secure, so free that we can be worried about stupid shit that we do worry about. That we can get so fat, so soft, so spoiled, so pampered that mere spoken sound waves can offend us more than we've ever been offended before........in an ironic way, our greatness is proven through the absolute lack of necessary survival skills our citizens have.