"Thank you! It`s been a wonderous 230 years, but I`ve just learned I`ve been fired!"
2. The ethnocentric core the US did not reign supreme in 1960. That is the year that they ceded dominance.
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While I'm sure this is a very interesting article, I believe this has all been covered by Zager and Evans.
I hope I'm dead.
"Thank you! It`s been a wonderous 230 years, but I`ve just learned I`ve been fired!"
Very interesting... but a long read. Well worth the time, though.
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Funny most of them I talk to these days define themselves as Earth Citizens, not Americans. No, this is not sarcasm...it is true. I can't count the times anymore that I've has one of their ilk tell me they don't consider themselves a US citizen.
The 'redefined' American is a thing of the past. Earth Citizenship is an ideal fast becoming popular.
"even liberals want to be Americans."
But only because the entitlements are good. Wait until Social Security and Medicare must be cut, and they will bail out like rats from a sinking ship.
Wow! You are a true "The sky is falling" person. The United States is NOT going to fall. It is sad that you don't trust in God enough to know that we will be alright. There is nothing wrong with America that hasn't been there for years and years. Liberals were here in the 20's and I never read where people thought America was gone. The only time I believe I read where people thought America was gone was during Watergate because it was such an awful time for America. We have not had anything near that since.
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I can't even offer a good explanation to my kids why we're headed in the direction we are. I'm not sure I even recognize this country anymore. One reason - no habla espanol.
An interesting article. If the USA is going to come apart it's not going to happen with a wimper, but rather with a BANG! CWII Ping.
Read the article, all 14 pages, and found it very interesting. He hits on the major fault lines in the US, and recognizes that historically countries with those problems do not remain unified.
We are in much the same position that the later Roman Empire was. In short, we are not longer united culturally.
Good article. Rising standards of living tie America together. If the economy seriously jams or sputters or dives, watch out.
Our political system has shown a resiliency that others haven't so tyranny isn't to be expected here if things go wrong. But we could easily break up into competing -- even warring -- factions.
Interesting piece.
I really don't like the idea of this happening in my lifetime (I'm in my early 30s).
All I know is that the longer we are divided, the closer we get to an event where we won't be able to live side by side in our current form. I hope we can find solutions to our problems; however, how do you reconcile secularism vs having religious values? It's harder and harder all the time considering the extremes that we've gotten to in our public discourse....you can't kinda sorta be for killing babies - either you are or you aren't. (For example)