American Decline

I think it started with Vietnam. It just shook the public how wrong we were for starting that war. The laxing of morals caused by the Free Love movement. And that sowed seeds of distrust in the public officials. It came like birth pangs. Timed more frequently with each wave. Then the Drug War got people used to unwarranted search and seizures. Then Reagan said “Greed is good”, which set the Republican platform. Then Columbine made people leery of guns, and made schools more restricted. Then 9/11 shook the public’s trust and made it too security conscious. Then the Patriot Act made us warm up to giving up our privacy. Then Obamacare passed, and ruined our medical system. And then Jodi Arias and Jerry Sandusky shook the nation, making people feel constrained around children. And then the Freddie Grey killing, made people suspicious of the police. And then in 2015 the Woke thing began, with the safe spaces, and people started questioning free speech. And then COVID did the most damage, that was Trump’s fault. Then January 6th and George Floyd tore the country into two factions, and all the rioting that year. And then the Alex Jones Lawsuit confused people on the legalities of free speech. And then Western Europe started punishing people for memes. Now we have a whole litany of things Trump’s single handedly responsible for. Deregulating the market, allowing BlackRock to buy everything. Shutting down the country during COVID. Then in his second term, unilaterally demolishing the East Wing of the White House. AI becoming a huge thing. Defunding public welfare programs. Using people with half a trillion dollars to cut said programs. Trump invading Cities with the National Guard. Getting rid of Public Broadcasting. Discontinuing the Penny. And making threats at our allies. The unrestrained nature of ICE and its conduct in overreaching its jurisdictional boundaries.

I’d say that's the whole of it, right there.