America in Decline?

[midcan5]

Who would have thought people would write about leaving America? If America ever collapses the rich will simply leave, many have homes overseas. Others move because they love Paris or Costa Rica, weather too can influence people as they move to Florida but then find it too hot in Summer. Then there is the live and let live move, who needs the narrow minded religiosity of parts of America. Or a culture in which gun deaths are rampant. Or the poverty of so many places in which productive work has moved off shore. Our drug culture is another issue. Add pollution and even bad water, no universal healthcare. So while make America great sounds nice what does that even mean when our government today is run by corporate or religious ideologues. The right will wave a flag and tell you to leave, the left will remain America's Sisyphus. Thoughts?

"Well, we were thinking a lot of things, and taking a number of factors into consideration. In America, it seemed every third child was taking pharmaceuticals to treat behavioral issues, anxiety, or depression. High school students were unloading automatic weapons into their classmates. Opioid use was reaching all new highs. Bank executives were defrauding their customers and Wall Street was walking an increasingly thin tight rope. It felt like The American Dream as we knew it was all but gone, having transformed into a shadowy unknown. We fretted about what the future would hold for our family. We thought maybe, just maybe, a simpler lifestyle somewhere else was the answer. And so, in 2011, our family walked up to the edge of the unknown, took a deep breath, and jumped." http://theweek.com/articles/703660/m...-ive-ever-made

"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." George Carlin

[Granule]

Who would have thought people would write about leaving America? If America ever collapses the rich will simply leave, many have homes overseas. Others move because they love Paris or Costa Rica, weather too can influence people as they move to Florida but then find it too hot in Summer. Then there is the live and let live move, who needs the narrow minded religiosity of parts of America. Or a culture in which gun deaths are rampant. Or the poverty of so many places in which productive work has moved off shore. Our drug culture is another issue. Add pollution and even bad water, no universal healthcare. So while make America great sounds nice what does that even mean when our government today is run by corporate or religious ideologues. The right will wave a flag and tell you to leave, the left will remain America's Sisyphus. Thoughts?

"Well, we were thinking a lot of things, and taking a number of factors into consideration. In America, it seemed every third child was taking pharmaceuticals to treat behavioral issues, anxiety, or depression. High school students were unloading automatic weapons into their classmates. Opioid use was reaching all new highs. Bank executives were defrauding their customers and Wall Street was walking an increasingly thin tight rope. It felt like The American Dream as we knew it was all but gone, having transformed into a shadowy unknown. We fretted about what the future would hold for our family. We thought maybe, just maybe, a simpler lifestyle somewhere else was the answer. And so, in 2011, our family walked up to the edge of the unknown, took a deep breath, and jumped." http://theweek.com/articles/703660/m...-ive-ever-made

"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." George Carlin

Do you think America is in decline? If so, what do you think the causes are?

[Cancel 2018.1]

Thoughts?

Yeah. I read the OP a couple of times and still can't figure out the point of posting it. Maybe you can elaborate.

[midcan5]

Do you think America is in decline? If so, what do you think the causes are?

When you pose a question you want an answer not another question, drop the defense, give us your thoughts and later I'll share mine.

[midcan5]

When you pose a question you want an answer not another question, drop the defense, give us your thoughts and later I'll share mine.

Is the question in this thread so complex no one can answer? Granule, I'm waiting.

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard Feynman

[midcan5]

No answer Granule? Two on topic pieces below, isolationism and the decline of white Christians.

'Donald Trump Might Set a Record—for the Biggest Decline of American Power in History'

https://www.thenation.com/article/do...er-in-history/

'Trump Can't Reverse the Decline of White Christian America'

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...merica/532587/

[midcan5]

Still waiting for a reply to above? Sometimes it seems political sites in America are full of Russian trolls who censor those who speak the truth. Are Americans so weak minded they cannot debate and must control as the Nazis and Soviets did?

'Trump's Sleight of Hand Will Bring Ruin to American Workers' Lauren Carasik

https://bostonreview.net/class-inequ...erican-workers

[Always]

The decline of America is because of the increasing lack of faith in God

[Celticguy]

George Clooney came back over safety fears abroad.
The only people I hear leaving are illegals. Obama set records of Americans giving up citizenship.
Your premise is flawed.

[midcan5]

The decline of America is because of the increasing lack of faith in God

How do you square that with the Muslim ban? Islam is a major religion too.

[Life is Golden]

How do you square that with the Muslim ban? Islam is a major religion too.

Islam is a death cult masquerading as a religion.

[Always]

How do you square that with the Muslim ban? Islam is a major religion too.

But not the correct one, no man goes to God but through Jesus.

[PostmodernProphet]

odd....I recall replying to this thread......I will ask again, why did you wait until the pendulum started swinging back again before talking about decline?.....

[midcan5]

odd....I recall replying to this thread......I will ask again, why did you wait until the pendulum started swinging back again before talking about decline?.....

Please explain, not sure what your question is? Thanks.

[PostmodernProphet]

Please explain, not sure what your question is? Thanks.

America had been in decline for a decade.......now that its finally improving, you complain........