I don’t think this country is beyond repair, but there is definitely a screw loose in this country for sure.
Fixing these cultural problems may be as or more difficult than fixing the economic problems, but one thing is certain: it won’t happen overnight.
It has taken us decades to end up in this bizarre, cultural backwater we are in, and it may take us decades to get out of it.
I’ve been thinking for the past 20 that the only solution to what you stated is a reset, of sorts. Scares the hell out of me in terms of extent.
MFO