Are we a failed state yet?

[5X]

Inmates in prison are being infected in alarming rates and not being told and outside communication is being limited.
The rest of the world has put us on quarantine.
Post office is in chaos, only getting worse.
State department is being run by Pompeo. Need I say more?
Ag is Barr.
dotard at the top and being controlled by putin.

Edit to add: Add your own to the list.

[DonaldsRump]

1. Not yet

If Trump wins, though, that's it.

[better]

2. Or if Democrats win, but fail to aggressively prosecute the crimes of this administration. (eom)

[DonaldsRump]

5. I have to agree

It would be equivalent to De-Nazification of Post World War II Germany. People have freedom of speech, but they don't have a right to corruption or consorting with foreign governments to destroy us.

There needs to be a message sent: NEVER AGAIN.

[roamer65]

3. If Trump steals it again, there won't be a United States anymore.

[DonaldsRump]

6. Fair enough

Trump can't win this election, but he sure can steal it.

[roamer65]

7. If Dump steals it and takes that oath, I will then be a full blown separatist.

FUCK FASCISTS.

[5X]

4. He is going to make sure the election is chaos.

He has the people in place to allow it.

[PETRUS]

8. Stage one - a "weak state" - according to one analysis.

-In a weak state, basic services such as education and health are privatized; public facilities decline. Infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, shows signs of neglect, particularly outside of major cities. Journalists and civil society activists are harassed. Tensions among ethnic, religious, or linguistic groups increase, but widespread violence does not erupt—yet.

-In a failing state, a single leader gains control of the legislature, law enforcement, and the judiciary. The leader and his cronies are enriched while ordinary citizens are left without basic services.

-In a failed state, living standards deteriorate rapidly. Citizens feel they exist only to satisfy the ruler’s greed and lust for power. The potential for violence increases as the state’s legitimacy crumbles.

-Finally, in a collapsed state, warlords run the country. The market rules to the exclusion of any other concerns, while the social compact has been completely eroded. “The Id is unleashed.”

from: https://thebaffler.com/latest/near-and-present-anarchy-zakin

[unblock]

9. Arguably we are not a "failed state" but we are a "failed democracy"

We have too many methods of election distortion to call ourselves a properly functioning democracy.

Biden winning in November won't, in and of itself, change that. That would merely mark the start of an opportunity to fix things. It's when the hard work begins.

[stillcool]

10. I think we fell off the cliff in 2017..

but we're still in free-fall, and going way too fast to see where we are