The obvious disintegration of American society was one of the main reasons we retired to this relatively remote corner of Florida, surrounded by 100,000 baby boomers rather than millions of angry children.
Why is it happening? Lots of reasons come to mind, but mostly I think it's just entropy. 200 years seems to be the limit for any civilization that achieves any degree of freedom from the standard human condition of poverty under the heel of some tyrant. By the 10th generation, the population typically becomes too fat, dumb, and happy to pass on the values that led to general prosperity in the first place -- or for that matter, bother to defend themselves from the jealous invaders who ignorantly believe that freedom and prosperity have something to do with geography. It's a sad scenario that has played out over and over throughout history.
Entropy is the property the universe that causes order to disintegrate to into disorder. The common word for it is "evil".
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