Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Thursday, November 29, 2007 1:53:07 AM
"The United States of America is more fragile today than it was in 1861. It is more fragile than at any time since the adoption of the Constitution. It is fragile because the country’s psychology, ethnic makeup, ideology, intellectual acuity and morality have undergone a revolution for the worse."
Robert Goodman
Series Decay, 2003 oil on canvas
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Decay, Economic Downturn and Revolution
by J. R. Nyquist
One day the United States, as we know it, will disappear and Washington, D.C. will not be the capital of a great nation. But before history reaches this moment, millions of Americans will experience the greatest economic reversal of all time. Consider the logic of this scenario. If America is destined to disappear, the first warning signs will be on the economic front. And now we see the signs, all around. Those who favor U.S. power should be worried. America’s military advantage exists as an economic corollary, and the economic news is bad. There have been trade imbalances. An enormous amount of debt has been acc-umulated, and the dollar is falling fast.
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