The short answer is yes we are in more dangerous times now than we were before. I served in Vietnam and never would equate it with WWII or the Civil War in terms of the threat to our national survival. The challenges we face now are economic and demographic. They are not the immediate, visible threats posed by war and destruction. The precarious state we find ourselves in is far more dangerous and permanent and could rend the very fabric of our political comity and consensus.
You and many like you are in a state of denial. They can't believe how close to the edge we really are in terms of an economic meltdown. Like the proverbial frog being slowly boiled alive, we will only realize how dire things are before it is too late to change things. We cling to this childlike, naive belief that somehow everything will turn out all right because it always has. Well, no nation can rely on such folly and delusion. We are in serious trouble. We have over $60 trillion in unfunded liabilities plus a national debt equal to our GDP. As Ryan likes to say, we are witnessing one of the most predictable crises in history.
We have a very long way to go before we reach a point where we need to even worry about not being the most powerful and most advanced nation in history of mankind, I will say two centuries if not more…
LOL. I notice that your response contains emotion and no facts. You fail to address the very real problems that are facing this country and would rather rely on some sort of mystical faith that everything will turn out alright. There is no guarantee that the America of our Founders will last two centuries. Stop spouting empty words and pablum and give me some facts on how we will deal with these problems.