Posted on 07/02/2020 5:46:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
For generations, the United States has been viewed by much of the world as an infallible beacon of strength and power, thanks to its economic, military and social prowess.
These days, the country is far from dominant.
Instead, America is exhibiting all of the key indicators that political experts use to characterise a failing state – the kind of nation on the brink you might’ve found in the post-Soviet era or in war-torn regions of Africa and the Middle East.
The notion that the world’s oldest functioning democracy could ever fail was, until recently, “unthinkable to all but the most radical critics”, says George Rennie, an expert on US politics and international relations at the University of Melbourne.
But based on the most common metrics available to political scientists, there are clear signs that the superpower is in trouble, he said.
“The US is increasingly performing poorly on key predictors of state failure – ethnic and class conflict, democratic and institutional backsliding, and other socio-economic indicators including healthcare and inequality,” Mr Rennie wrote in an article for The Conversation.
“It is in crisis – convulsed by riots and protest, driven by a virus that has galloped away from those charged with overseeing it, and heading into a presidential election led by a man that has possibly divided the nation like no other before him.”
If you head to Google and type in “America is failing”, you’ll receive a plethora of analysis pieces dating back to the birth of the search engine.
“We’ve been here before,” says Dr Gorana Grgic from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
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Stopped reading here.
Gee, I wonder what happens if you head to Google and type in "Google is failing."
“heading into a presidential election led by a man that has possibly divided the nation like no other before him.”
Oh, horseshit. This country was already irretrievably divided long before Trump announced his run in 2015.
Agreed. It was Trump’s predecessor that divided the country.
But I do think there is a global push to sell people on the idea that America is a failed state. No longer a super power. Countries like Russia, China, India and Germany are leading the world, but the USA is no longer a player. And it's all Trump's fault. He's damaged the country beyond repair and no one respects us any more.
I think that is 100% BS.
But I am amazed that the Left has been able to cause so much damage in the US in the past 4 years and people see the damage that the Left has caused and a fair number of people shake their heads and say, "Curse you, Donald Trump …"
Weak-minded fools.
“key predictors of state failure – ethnic and class conflict, democratic and institutional backsliding, and other socio-economic indicators including healthcare and inequality,”
How are those matters worse than they were 50 or 150 years ago?
Can we just stop posting their propaganda? What purpose does it serve?
The TRUTH tends to create a big divide beteeen the liars, thieves and sheep from the righteous.
Yeah, I’m going to care one little bit about the opinion of a Socialist journalist Aussie.
The “United” States is akin to a married couple that is emotionally estranged and heading for divorce, but is keeping up appearances for the children.
Fake News. Expect nothing less from the morons who hate the Greatest Nation Ever Created!
1. We should have just let people continue to pour over the border.
2. We should just let China keep using us.
3. We should just keep paying all of Nato’s costs.
4. We should fund WHO at 120 percent.
If we had just done all this we would have peace and light and America would be leading the world. SARC
The media is controlled by the DNC. They are all in for Biden Socialism.
Apt analogy. What is heart wrenching though is the kids and mom want government to fix everything.
The media makes money on peddling hate. The liberal education system created the state of mind.
Fake media doing their best to separate Americans.
Yep
And the neighbors to pay for it all.
You see all the crap happening in the last month and you don’t think we are in HUGE trouble?
These bastards are getting away with EVERYTHING...from looting all over to vandalizing to getting “Juneteenth” (to replace July 4) to changing names of historic WWII ship because they hate the man it’s named after.
Everyone here eschews this article because it happens to insult their too-beloved president, but largely it’s on target.
I don’t want it to be true, but it is. The only way not is if we fight back.
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