Thank you again for this article! I have a few disconnected thoughts about this: it is increasingly difficult to see how America in its current state survives the current onslaught of bad economic decisions- I think Americans are moving into active rebellion about this alone. Our traditional Allies appear to be aware of how chaotic our political landscape is and are signaling to Average Americans that they are still willing to be allies- i.e. Putin’s attempts to isolate us is not yet working completely. Average Americans are going be less willing to serve in the Armed Forces with such chaos and lack of moral integrity. This could be another huge handicap to America.