tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post1571159184506244037..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: George Packer on the State of AmericaJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-66431025756392035872020-05-05T03:42:39.487-04:002020-05-05T03:42:39.487-04:00I've said it before, but we're mirroring t...I've said it before, but we're mirroring the pre-collapse Soviet Union in a lot of deeply unsettling ways.<br /><br />Partisan politics, massive wealth disparity between elites and common people, insanely bloated military spending, lengthy and expensive failed military campaigns of aggression, woefully neglected infrastructure, criminally underfunded public institutions, widespread corruption, repressed minorities, a general culture of anti-intellectualism, lost faith in the government, rising populism and religiosity...<br /><br />We're approaching a crisi point, and yet all our politicians wants to do is double down on the status quo, and just hope the problems go away. <b><i>They won't.</i></b>G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com