We've had terrible times without completely failing before but I agree with some of your sentiment. That isn't much solace at all but maybe it won't be the end

We've had terrible times without completely failing before but I agree with some of your sentiment. That isn't much solace at all but maybe it won't be the end of the entire experiment? The extreme wealth gap and corruption paired with the loss of virtue (integrity seems to hold very little social value these days) seems like a bad mix to me if you like stability, let alone shared prosperity. Moreover, the response to the United healthcare assassination showed us that a bunch of folks don't think there is justice left in the system. The reactions to covid were a stark example of how a huge swath of people not only won't lift a finger to help their fellow citizens but will actively oppose it and be offended by the suggestion itself. This year the purges of non-straights or non-whites from all positions (and even from some records!) began and we don't yet know where that will end. Politically we've spent this year alienating our allies and generally acting like bullies. I'm worried we'll be in a war in 3.5 years (real or manufactured) and "need" to delay the next election for a while, "in the name of national security".