This is an interesting point, I think its a valid argument that as America has fractured into vastly different competing social / political groups that the coun

This is an interesting point, I think its a valid argument that as America has fractured into vastly different competing social / political groups that the country as a whole has gotten weaker. Media now profits on widening those splits and people find themselves having less and less in common with each other. Religion very likely used to provide a common ground to people and as it fades so too does that ground. I don't think I have ever believed in God or religion but I can understand that it has provided some good. If I was an enemy with a very long timeline (say 100 years) I would work hard at continuing to widen these faults and differences.