This was submitted by someone else earlier and then seemed to get immediately flagged, can someone explain why? I may not agree with everything in the article (

This was submitted by someone else earlier and then seemed to get immediately flagged, can someone explain why? I may not agree with everything in the article ("In the last three months America has lost more people than Sri Lanka lost in 30 years of civil war" - this seems unlikely), but the idea that collapse can sneak up on you and feel really normal is an interesting one to ponder.