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kpete

(71,986 posts) Sun May 26, 2013, 01:29 PM May 2013

America isn't Falling Apart. It's Being Reborn. [View all]

SAT MAY 25, 2013 AT 09:18 PM PDT
America isn't Falling Apart. It's Being Reborn.
byMuskegon CriticFollow

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Bridges have crumbled before. And they will crumble again.

America is at a crossroads. Not a death spiral.

We're not going to be the most powerful nation on earth forever.

Neither was England and look at them....now they have universal health care instead. Win some, lose some.

The world is changing in dramatic ways, all around us. We are in the midst....in the MIDST....of a global revolution on many levels. Not just social, but technological.

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America isn't Falling Apart. It's Being Reborn. [View all] kpete May 2013 OP

And birth is painful. randome May 2013 #1

We still are a VERY young nation. Agschmid May 2013 #3

Good point. Thousands of years of history in Europe but a little more than 2 centuries here. randome May 2013 #9

Like the sig line! Agschmid May 2013 #14

The question is, how can we take on corporations that have us by the neck and are squeezing tightly? Arugula Latte May 2013 #2

It's not so much that they own the government, is it? randome May 2013 #5

Our government has made it difficult to live without being employed by a corporation. dkf May 2013 #11

Don't you mean can't survive without one? siligut May 2013 #15

Yes, that is what I meant. My ipad typing is horrendous. dkf May 2013 #22

And, BTW, I completely agree siligut May 2013 #16

Tell that to the millions who don't earn a living wage and at the rate things are going, never will MotherPetrie May 2013 #4

"The thing is.............I don't know when the heyday of America was." BeyondGeography May 2013 #6

The complete basket-case that is the UK ought not be held as an exemplar. E.g.: WinkyDink May 2013 #7

as a low-wage oligarchy. HiPointDem May 2013 #8

Wishful thinking. moondust May 2013 #10

dailykos = pfui byeya May 2013 #12

Oh we're a long way from that. JNelson6563 May 2013 #13

From the article: We're not going to be the most powerful nation on earth forever siligut May 2013 #17

^^^ This ^^^ Junkdrawer May 2013 #21

We could look at England.. or we could look at some *other* major oligarchy who was.. 'reborn' RedCappedBandit May 2013 #18

Rebirth... truebluegreen May 2013 #19

I don't like the direction mick063 May 2013 #20