America suffers from the same foolishness that led us into WWII, devastated the world, and almost cost us Western Civilization.
Voices that speak up intelligently are put down. This means smart people can’t run the country smartly. We can pray the disaster won’t be the worst possible when it comes.
It would be nice if some great leader could explain this to people and avoid catastrophe. It’s certainly not happening right now.
We have plenty of good people crying in the wilderness, but those who control the conditions have those potential leaders you eloquently described we need, under a tight leash.
These “overlords” hold great power and wealth as they run “the show” comfortably in the background. Not a conspiracy, just normal power grabs by lobbyists and Utopians who are either of the Marxists persuasion or practical planning of bureaucratic “compassion” with tax breaks thrown in.