I'm of the opinion that the United States is in terminal decline, from coronavirus to hurricanes, wildfires and botched wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US government just seems totally incapable of solving the various crises that beset it, and now its on the verge of declaring war on its own citizens. As global warming intensifies things are just going to get worse from here on out.

This is an interesting podcast I listened to the other day that looks at the rise and fall of empires from a Marxist perspective:

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the...ada/e/69906620