America is a sick society

[David Horn]

(08-07-2017, 12:07 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Yes, possibly. What is now the USA may be able to fend off enemies for a while because of its location and size, etc. But will it be possible for a new prophet generation, or a new civic generation, to arise and recover their idealism and courage to speak up, in a society being produced by the people now taking over our country, who leave us in the mess we're in, with no resolution in this 4T? And even if there are some young people like that, will they be able to succeed in a society in which ignorance, greed and superstition have been so firmly planted among the majority of people? Assuming our rulers are not stopped and outvoted before they can accomplish their current aim to create such a society? Can true prophet generations arise in a society whose 4T has just failed? The first failure in Anglo-American history? A rebounding country of this type, is not worth living in or hoping for. And its economy cannot succeed either, except for only a small number of its people. They may have resources, but since they will not be distributed to the people, the economy will fail anyway too. And the climate will have been destroyed beyond repair too, don't forget that. There will be no idealists, because only survival will be on peoples' minds. They will all be nomads, all generations; without any redeeming features of nomads either. The cycle will end, and so will our country. In my estimation.

Just as success is its own reward, failure is its own corrective.  Sam Brownback nearly bankrupted Kansas, but calmer heads are now beginning to rethink the stupidity that got them into the mess they were in.  Kansas is still in the woods, but that may be ending.  If it corrects quickly, I may consider this 4T viable after all. 

FWIW, I think Kansas has a long road back -- too long to get to an apotheosis in this 4T.

Eric continues ... Wrote:The alternative is for us to recover our faith in our own generations, to do what all previous Anglo-American generations have done: rise to the occasion, and make this 4T successful. We must throw the bastards out and reclaim our country from the reactionaries. They must become the permanent minority, instead of a minority that can take power (and has taken power) in the rigged system we have today.

Nice words, but only operational if enough people believe them and act.  Many of today's European nations had horrid leaders during the same period FDR was the US President.  Most of them are much more forward thinking now than we are.  Youth always sees the errors of their elders.  Some rally to make those errors history and build something better.  That's my expectation, even though I won't live to see it.