If you look at wealthy families, it's rare for children of wealth and prosperity to do well. Generally, they become self absorbed and needy.
That is us, as a nation, right now. Things have been so good, for so long, that we have lost touch with reality. We, as a society, simply assume things will always be good for us, so we indulge ourselves with things like trying to save snail darters and Alaskan caribou.
We are going to fall, and fall hard. The only question is, will there be enough left to pick up the pieces, and will there be enough Americans left with the will to do the hard work?
I can only imagine the world at large without a strong "well grounded" United States. I don't think the question is whether there will be any in the U.S. to do the heavy lifting, the resultant world-wide meltdown will make that pale in comparison IMO.
The temporary destabalization in the U.S. would green-light the worst elements in the rest of the world. And even if the U.S. did right itself, so much global shift would have taken place that it would be impossible to stuff Pandora back in her box.
That's my take on it. We're flirting with global meltdown.
We all seem to be on the same page in regard to our future. Unfortunately, we are the minority. I hate being a pessimist, I wasn't raised that way and I have tried to live my life in a positive manner relying on Christ to give me strength. However, as hard as I try, I can't see how we are going to right this ship of ours. Maybe I should just chalk it up to the fact that the Bible tells us this is how things will be in the last days...