This is so sad and true at the same time...The dragon has now created so many dregs and dependents on itself that it is completely out of control and growing on its on inertia...Now the politicians are blatantly feeding the dragon by looking for new voting blocs. Hopefully the world’s next great civilization will learn from our mistakes and not make them again...The Founders learned from Rome, but left too many “loopholes” in the Constitution to prevent a future dismantling of it.
They clearly stated the ‘Tree of Liberty would have to be replenished from time to time with the blood of Patriots’. In other words, the Founders knew there fledging nation would come to this point someday, they were great students of history. While it may not come down to armed revolution, no doubt it will likely come down to mass civil disobedience and the leadership being booted. Also, in the age of nuclear proliferation, our enemies just might force us to become fully awake. I hope that part never comes true.