If we move to a system where half of the country is either stagnant or losing ground while the other half is surging, the social fabric of the United States is

If we move to a system where half of the country is either stagnant or losing ground while the other half is surging, the social fabric of the United States is at risk, and with it the massive global power the United States has accumulated. Translation: If half the US citizenry is utterly suffering, we won't be able to keep drone-bombing Yemeni infants, Oh the horrors! You'd think that preventing the suffering of half of the USA might be an aim in itself. Also, what's wrong with leaving the Yemeni children alone? Oh, I forgot, we want to provoke more terrorism. Maybe even hit the jackpot and start World War 3. What a stupid article.