In case anyone has not noticed, this is happening everywhere. I call it Societal Entropy. The wheels are falling off everywhere and everything is breaking down in low level ways. Add up seemingly unrelated issues from poor quality customer service, not quite there technology that never seems to fix its bugs all the way up to the low IQ politicians that “lead” us and a picture of sustained decay emerges.
Ping to tballard56’s observation. I still decline to believe it but some of the signs are there of the premise you put forth.
More Anti-Russian propaganda. They can’t last much longer. Putin will be topped soon. All troops withdrawn from Ukraine. Russia will give up her black sea bases so that the USN and Royal Navy can move in. Ukraine is winning! Just a few more weeks and Russia will fold up like a cheap lawn chair.
I would tend to agree.