Maybe. I still believe in us though, and have not given up hope yet. This is still the good ole U.S of A.
Remember how outraged the entire country was immediately after 9/11? The Spirit of America that I grew up with is still here, (just not as much of it) and still the most potent force on the face of the planet.
"Because less than twenty years ago I was the target of a terrorist group. It was the New World Liberation Front. They blew up power stations and put a bomb at my home when my husband was dying of cancer. And the bomb didn't detonate. ... I was very lucky. But, I thought of what might have happened. Later the same group shot out all the windows of my home."
"And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."
Senator Dianne Feinstein, April 27, 1995