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Originally Posted by The Reaper
With no further terrorist attacks or serious external threats, I do not believe that the United States will exist, as we know it, by the turn of the next century.
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No matter what happens in the next 93 years - good or bad - the United States as we know it now, will not exist.
The United States as it existed for our great-grandfathers in 1907 doesn't exist today.
I'm certain if a time machine were available to bring folks from 1907 to 2007, they'd generally be inspired and delighted with our comforts, the conveniences and our overwhelmingly incredible science. However, they'd probably also be horrified by the dissolution of our moral fabric, the relativism of truth among our great institutions, the dulling of our senses with respect to common decency and virtue as well as the general effeminate drift of our culture.
It would probably do us a lot of good to take a peek at America circa 2107. It'd probably scare the crapola out us and sober us up. America could very well go the way of the Aztecs or Mayans.
Some observations...
- Change is only accelerating - and, at an exponential rate.
- In times of vigorous change multi-generational prosperity across a nation or culture historically has not been demonstrated to be sustainable...
- When I tell people that my sons serve their country in the military and they express to me their remorse and condolences rather than their pride and gratitude...I know that our ability to exist as a free nation is rotting from within
- A generation that assumes freedom is like air - a given. Is a people marked out for trial and tribulation
More Happy thoughts from...
Three Soldier Dad...Chuck
Edit: P.S. I'm not necessarily a total pessimist. I do think people can respond when they get "
historical spankings" - For example, I think the destruction of Nazi Germany actually saved Germany. The same is true with the destruction of the Japanese Empire - It saved Japan. Horrific events can be wake-up calls and save a people....Bad experiences can become watershed events. America may face some grim realities in the coming century - something terrible may actually serve a salutary purpose.
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