Soft secession?

[Angrboda]

In history, few nations last more than a few hundred years. I don't know whether that's true anymore. Instead of collapsing like the Roman empire, they just degrade and fade away. Look at the once mighty nations of Europe and Asia. More and more of them are falling into populism and fascism. I think for better or worse, America has just run its course. When the Constitution was new, it was an effective form of government. But like all things, over time, people find its weaknesses and holes and learn to exploit them. As a basically static document, it is ill-equipped to deal effectively with such forces. It's not all one thing, either, in terms of what is leading to the apparent dissolution of the U.S. In any capitalist system, there are winners and losers, in industry, and in government. But the losers aren't going to go away silently. They rebel. They resist their ultimate defeat, as anyone does an existential threat. There are so many strands. Authoritarianism, cult behavior, the differences between left and right -- but they all seem pointed in the same direction.