@Mr_NutterButter in my opinion, the US (and probably a lot of Europe as well) will most likely die a slow death as it is consumed by other countries and cultures. i think the only way we truly get out of that is if we get a bunch of people with actual power who no longer give a fuck about the rules and just go scorched earth, martyr style, to push it back another 100 years. maybe not quite another hitler, or even a vlad the impaler, but someone like them relative to the current political climate. someone who will be widely hated for crazy actions but will ultimately end up making our lives better. i thought trump was going to be that guy back in 2016 but he's proven himself to be kind of a pussy.