This is probably what happened to the Soviet Union. Eventually, there was nothing credible to believe in and nothing worked right. And eventually, "I serve the Soviet State" just wore thinner than the last melting ice. Nobody wanted to go back to Stalin and Lenin ... and the terror state blood baths and the killing of basically innocent souls. People were worn out by 'things not working right.' Yeltsin saying after the collapse, "We just want to be normal," says pretty much everything. I hear that echoing in my head everyday, "I just want to be normal in a normal world."

What is there left to believe in with regard to the United States and its Evil Empire? As in the Soviet Empire, there will be relief when 'it all goes away' ... and maybe it already is in the very early stages of exactly that.