Not much hope. The Baby Boom generation had it in for this country from the start, and Europe (and you guys know that doesn’t mean everyone in that generation). They simply want our society uprooted and destroyed, and they don’t even care what replaces it. They simply consider it beyond repair.
In the 60s they were protesting and looking like idiots. In the 70s and 80s, they bided their time, inching up the power train. Starting in the 90s, they started amassing power and now run the country. In the 60s 70s, and 80s, they wanted us defeated both economically and militarily (which is why they sided with the Soviets on every military issue). Now they’re ok with just economic collapse here...and, as Ram Emanual said - never let a good crisis go to waste. So here we are $17T in debt, trillion dollar deficits forever...a crisis if I ever saw one.
...but an opportunity for those to achieve a life-long dream and bring us down - and they are making darn sure that they are successful as fast as they can.
I believe what is going to happen will play out over a long time. Our economy will increasingly become "central planned" and the ability to amass capital for investment will decline because of taxes, regulation and reduced income because of inflation. Eventually the middle class is going to have to pay "their fair share" to govt and we will begin to see each generation have a little lower lifestyle than their parents.
The "progressives" who have destroyed the unique American culture will be stunned to discover that a world after America will be more violent and America will be the new Israel. A nation blamed for everything that is wrong and a nation that the world will happily destroy. I think we are seeing the emergence of totalitarian rule as the norm.