The Late Great United States

The Decline and Fall of the United States of America

 

Joseph George Caldwell

 

23 March 2008

Revised 17 December 2008

 

Part One of Two Parts: Main Text and References

(Part Two is Appendices.)

 

 

© 2008 Joseph George Caldwell.  All rights reserved.  Posted at Internet web sites http://www.foundationwebsite.org and http://www.foundation.bw.  May be copied or reposted for non-commercial use, with attribution.

 


Contents

 

The United States Is Already Dead, and Just Doesn’t Know It 1

Reasons Why the US Will Collapse Soon. 2

Destruction of the Biosphere. 5

The Passage of Peak Oil 6

Overpopulation. 8

Fractionated Culture. 11

Decline in US Culture. 23

Loss of Spirituality and Manifest Destiny. 24

Globalization. 31

Low Security. 36

The Politics of Envy. 39

Oppression; Slavery through Debt; Compound Interest 40

Decline in Freedom.. 51

Alienation of the US People from the Government 54

The US Government No Longer Obeys Its Own Laws. 54

Civil Rights and Affirmative Action; Malcolm X. 56

The US Government Punishes Native US Citizens and Lets Illegal Aliens Flaunt the Law.. 59

The US Government Has Destroyed Security, to Generate More Wealth for the Wealthy Elite; Free Trade / Open Borders / Mass Immigration. 61

Illegal Aliens Are Killing, Maiming and Murdering US Citizens on a Massive Scale. 65

Never-ending War 66

The US Is Now a Fascist Dictatorship. 67

The Benefit of Productivity Increases Goes to the Wealthy Elite. 75

The US Government Promotes the Dollar Drain and Dollar Weakening. 76

Mexican Truckers Get a Free Ride on US Highways; Who Pays?  You Do! 76

The US Government Is Selling US Infrastructure to Foreign Entities. 77

Many US Jobs Are Being Exported, and Many US-Based Jobs Are Being Given to Foreigners. 78

Discrimination against the Capable. 83

The US Government Sues the Salvation Army over Its Use of English. 84

The “Dream Act” Is an Affront to the US Middle Class. 84

There Is Resentment that the US Government, through Its Policies of Mass Immigration, Massive International Free Trade, Open Borders, and Serving of the Wealthy Has Caused a Profound Decline in the Quality of Life for the US Middle Class. 85

There Is No Way Out for the Middle Class. 86

Quality of Life Is Declining for the US Middle Class. 87

Increasing Income Gap. 104

Political Incompetence; Political Deception. 105

Miscellaneous Technical Reasons. 113

Why the US Will Collapse Quickly. 132

The US Has Faced Troubles Before and Survived.  What Is Different Now?. 134

Can Anything Be Done?. 136

A Possible Reprieve: A Plan for America. 150

Projections, Predictions and Prophecy. 191

References and Suggested Reading. 223

Population and Demography. 223

Environment and Carrying Capacity. 223

Oil and Energy. 225

Miscellaneous Technical Topics. 225

War 227

History. 228

Government 228

Global Discontent 229

American Discontent 230

Immigration. 232

Food and Diet and Medicine. 234

Culture. 234

Religion, Race, Slavery and Revolution. 235

Religion. 235

Race. 236

Slavery. 236

Anthropology and Sociobiology. 236

Technological Forecasts. 237

Science Fiction, Predictions, Prophecy and New Age. 237

Science Fiction. 237

Predictions. 238

Prophecy. 238

New Age. 238