From the outside, America seems to be having a nervous breakdown

[Ocelot II]

5. It's even worse on the inside.

It's like living in a house where all the systems are starting to fail at once. The lights flicker, the furnace heats only intermittently if at all, small appliances randomly emit smoke and occasionally catch fire, the garage door opener stops working, doors stick shut for no reason, floorboards sag, smoke detectors beep all night even after you change the batteries, the toilet runs and there's no hot water for the shower except when the water is too hot, the dryer doesn't dry and the washer doesn't wash, water drips from a ceiling light fixture and the dishwasher leaks. The only channel you can get on TV is Fox and the only radio station you can pick up is local AM hate radio. You can't get anything fixed because repair people won't come to the house, not that you could afford repairs anyhow. You can't sell the place and you have nowhere else to live and it keeps getting worse.