• douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The end for this country really got accelerated about 10 years ago, it’s all momentum wince then.

    The US has a LOT of inertia, but dammit if it’s corruption isn’t doing everything it can to find new brakes.

    • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      I’ve heard it said that historically when a country or empire starts collapsing, for some reason, the people and government paradoxically behave in ways that speed up that collapse.