Problem is ... that when we do hit rock bottom, the damage that has been done, will be irreparable.
Then the shudda cudda wudda; and the blame game will start.
We'll continue being this clown nation, until we finally settle somewhere well below being a superpower, but only slightly above being a banana republic.
IMO, the rest of the world is tired of the bully: US, and are making moves to clip our financial balls. The dollar will no longer be 'the standard.' The US will no longer have a say as to who can, and who can't transact business all over the world.
Even if the US chooses to be under clown leadership for four more years, I believe even our alias have seen enough, and won't trust that we won't elect another clown after Trump, or amend the Constitution to allow Trump > 8 years.
Some people are simply too dumb to see past voting for whom they think will benefit their net worth in the short term. They don't think long term, nor do they think about the greater good.
Democracy is the greatest good, and no citizen should ever vote for a candidate that desires authoritarianism. That's just a silly thing to do ... yet ... here we are.
Like the son that fucked up his inheritance, we're fucking up the great country that was handed to us.
Why is it happening? It repeatedly happens throughout history. Our educational system doesn't teach these lessons well enough, so future generations repeat the same bullshit of the past.
Prior to the social media revolution, everyone knew their place. Dummies just listened--and tried to learn.
Dummies used to ask smart people for advice.
Now, dummies get to pretend they're smart, via their keyboards. And rather than leave the thinking up to ... thinkers; they reinforce their incompetence by listening to, and regurgitating their fellow dummies.
Dummies that somehow became financially successful pretend like they're smart in real life also.
Trump, and the vast use of social media, and google, has led to The Rise of the Dummies.
