[ClearCase_guy]

Reagan took down the Soviet Union without firing a shot. Sure, the USSR did most of that work itself, through decades of bad decisions and incompetent leaders, but Reagan created an environment that pushed them toward collapse.

And now it's our turn. Decades of bad decisions and incompetent leaders have set the stage for us. Now, foreign countries can reject the dollar. It's economic war and they will win without firing a shot.

The First Republic of the United States is already dead.
The Second Republic of the United States may be better, may be worse -- but you can see now that it is inevitable.

[central_va]

The First Republic of the United States is already dead.

The first republic died in 1865.