realifezompire reblogged
This was written several months before the Capital insurrection.
You can read the full article here [via Medium].
We are (and have been) in dangerous territory. Unless major structural reforms are implemented for both Congress and the executive branch, it's only a matter of time before we become a failed state.
The fetish of "American Exceptionalism" has anesthetized any sustained effort at reform in the belief that "we'll bounce back like we always do". Meanwhile our healthcare, employment, civil and political institutions are crumbling at a rapid pace leaving families hungry and desperate, while a handful of CEOS pay less and control more.
How bad do things have to get before we realize things are bad?