The United States is Collapsing

“The United States is collapsing.” I’ve written that phrase on top of retweets sharing horrifying news nearly every day for the past few weeks. I can’t believe what I’m typing each time I do.
I grew up in a home with a father who would say with certainty that America was in decline, and I could see his point when I considered the nation’s addiction to fossil fuels, its bellicosity, and its increasingly…