Presidential race 2016

[Blindgreed1]

I am of the opinion that we are already vilified by the rest of the world and have been a joke regime to many going much further back than just GW. Until We see Americans tunneling out of the US into Mexico or escaping on refugee rafts into the ocean, I refuse to believe that we are doomed as a nation or destined to turn in our world leader badge and gun. As far as a world rally against us goes I find that laughable. Other nations don't get involved with the day to day operations of other countries. They leave that up to Uncle Sam.

I don't we are vilified as much as we were under Bush, but we are definitely feared and sometimes hated. We haven't been the world's white knight in decades. And traditionally when an empire descends into fascism and tyranny, as we are currently seeking to do, there is an inevitable collapse from within, often followed by an opportunistic attack by an up and coming adversary. Empires get replaced. Ours will be no different. Worst case scenario is if we self destruct under the weight of our own vitriol, because we won't get much sympathy from the rest of the world. I could see, longterm, our country divided into three different nations. And very likely within the next 50 to 100 years.

Look to the indicators: vast classism and economic disparity; emphasis on individual greed and barbarism over socialism and cooperative effort/unity; religious zealotry combined with a willful lack of empathy for fellow humans; charismatic but clearly incopetent potential leaders who gain power through creating a vilified common scapegoat for people to hate; apathy and a general malaise among common people who have lost any sense of hope; a willful and directed move away from education and philosophy and disdain/distrust of knowledge.

Historically speaking, from the Soviet Union all the way back to the Roman empire and beyond, these things are clear markers for an empire's imminent fall. We are not immune.

I bet you're just a riot at parties Dono.