Ceiling Raised or Lowered: Is the US at-risk for becoming a failed state

It appears that man is at his wits end.  For centuries society has thrived off of man's inventions  from the the invention of the wheel to spaceships that can fly to the moon (and back). Yet man's genius at changing things and inventing things that can help the people live a more efficient and better life seem to have reach a ceiling.  Let's be honest for once.  

Our nation (leader of the free world) is on the threshold of becoming a failed state.  However their might be a loophole in the meaning.  

According to Wikepedia, it reveals that:  The level of government control required to avoid being considered a failed state varies considerably amongst authorities.  Furthermore, the declaration that a state has "failed" is generally controversial and, when made authoritively, may carry significantly geopolitical consequences. 

But let's be honest again, no other nation seems to have the guts to call America a failed state - maybe because of the fear of being attacked, or expecting that the consequences will include a monetizing warfare - we are  [the] superpower; our petro-dollars control the world's financial system; we have the largest and the most expensive military; our technology is the best - whatever the reason of non-designation, this article goes against the grain.

Yet, lost in the blogospere is the fact that without healthy discussion that  the challenges on the homefront bring inevitable consequences are either further erosion or surely something catastrophic that causes irreversible destruction.  

Hence, if people love America the way that we say that they do the 'ceiling for change' must be expanded without tarry.  

A nation that has had over three hundred years to evolve into the sphere where it is able to exhibit the a balance of spiritual-moral and  "exceptiional" values that the majority of us espouse to, has had an  awful long time  to break cycles of dismay that are repeated over and over again.

• As reported by Newsweek, America ranks the worst in healthcare amongst the highest income nations.

• One half of all income is earned by households making over $200,000.  About One quarter is of all income is assigned to he top 8%, the rest are fighting over leftovers.

• After 300 years, racism still raises its ugly head institutionally and systemically, with the disproportionate murdering and imprisoning of of black men. The income gap between whites and blacks has been consistently large in post-slavery life (That's almost 200 years).  Another instance as reported by  Pacific Standard's article in 2017  "Black-White Age Wage Gap Grows as Americans Remain in Denial".

• The richest country in the world is ironically running on fumes, literally, and it can be opined that 'perpetual wars' keeps us in the funk - this as our country's infrastructure crumbles.  Building a wall and Trump not taking care of our highways and utilities (See the article from Cato Institute "Why the Wall Won't Work") is a crime.

• We use - 'collective projection' on other less fortunate (Or labelled as) countries to deflect our real status, and conditions - Venezuela, Iran, Russia, North Korea, African Nations, Libya, etc.  Even with the so-called Humanitarian Interventions (Real humanitarian Intervention is sometimes needed) the quid pro quo is often being able to interfere with any the governance of sovereign nations - that is - if the nation's not destroyed in the process.

• Our unemployment rate is 4.1%, but it's really over 8%.  This fictitious reporting has been a constant ignoring all of the intangibles (underemployed, discouraged from looking, etc) that are closest to the real truth.  One shoe doesn't fit all in America - never has.  In January the black unemployment rate was listed at 6.8% and Hispanics at 5.9%, and the irregularities still must be computed.  Yet the elephant in the room is that generally people can't survive off of low wages or income - employed or not.

• We imprison more people than any others in the world, however:  Whites represent 64% of the U.S. population with an incarceration rate of 1450 per 100,00; respectively, Blacks make up 13% of the U.S. population and are incarcerated at a rate of 2306 per 100,00; and Hispanics 831 per 100,000.  This inequity merges into the core of many factors represented in systemic racism.  Our 'One nation under God' country has the highest prison rate in the world 7424 per 100,00.  We will not mention our meddling in other people affairs through rendition fiasco.

• As leader of the free-world we find ourselves defending for those who are breaching human Rights through schemes like, killing, apartheid, imprisoning, and general repression (and oppression).  'By any means necessary, we are driven to to be in control.

• We find ourselves reneging on some of the most constitutional endorsed rights like immigration, abortion, privacy, etc. and wherein those in power selectively choose what they prefer to follow, like freedom to bare arms;

• Things like nuclear and climate change can destroy the world, but we (under the delusion of America-First moniker) has become to "exceptonal" to be bothered.  On the former, whether then finding ways  to eliminate nuclear weapons, we are creating more, and projecting 'weapons of mass destruction' on others - as we are a leader in arms sells.  

To extend on the above list should not be hard to do.  But the questions that arise here are:  How did we get away with it for so long?  How have we been able to maintain this illusion for such a long time?  And, why is accountability finally at our doorstep?

When we are unable to break through the ceilings that will make the world a better place to live by responding in  reactionary mode; or becoming mute, it can presupposed that it is fueled by desperation; meaning, by any means necessary whether stealing, lying and cheating our standards of local and global human interaction are fast becoming absolute anarchy - one need not look any further than the world body called the United Nations where we run roughshod over other nations by either refusing everything (without two-way discussion) that we don't like, or simply breaking the rules, at will.

We have had the opportunity to put a stop to the things that are alien to our democratic narrative - living in a land of the "brave and free". yet we've squandered crucial opportunities at strategic times which repeatedly bring us repeat the mistakes of the past - having to inevitably go back over things that we should have fixed a hundreds of years ago.  No, man is not perfect, but God gave us the talent to fix things within our physical abode.

Living in  denial is a miserable space to be in - yet, I'm sorry,  but things just don't disappear - the problems continue to compounded.
Let's take another look at some of the things that shouldn't be happening after 300 years of existence as they affect the quality of life and bind the Nation in a stalemate that can last forever if the ceiling is not broken.

• At-Risk for Nuclear Annihilation.  Whether then decreasing our warehousing of weapons of destructuin, we are increasing them.  Does they sound lie a nation that is not stuck?

• Institutional Racism and Discrimination.  In a sad way, after over 300 years of abominable behavior, the lineage of settlers never meant to change the system tha gives them privelege and the upper.  They are thankful for our great public relations jugganauts who contnue to  make things seem diffrent than what they really are.  The 'post-racial' jargon has to be the the most vcious joke during 300 years of cycles where the ceiling  hasn't been broken.  Dr. ing and the civil rights heroins gave it a good try (wouldn't you say) but all we have is a mounment on the Mall in DC that symbolizes that we have passed that way over a million times, and the legend of demonic racism still floursh after 300 years.

• Social Welfare Under Attacked.  Of course he great debate is whether or not not the welfare of the masses whuld be turned over o Wall Street (In a sense, it already has).  This is the most omnous sign of (profit over welfare for the people) that somethng has to give.

• Killing of Black Men by Protectors.  Of course, after 300 years institutional white racism has rediscovered "hanging fruit".  Lynching will never stop - society seems to have hit the ceiling for exorcising this demon - killing black people. For 2018, already 289 people have been killed by police officers and -  and counting.  Total for 2017 was 989 (Washington Post Police Database, April 5, 2018). The most alarming part s that over 20% was black men (2017 and the percentage remains consistent in 2018 wheras blacks make-up only 12.3 % of the American population.  This is significant for several reasons:  American has a history of ether enslaving; torturng; an killing black people.  Man has not been able to change this grave occurrence over several centuries.  Second, Black activist groups, like Black Lives Matter are really having the repeat he same portests that took place over te course of centuries.  These is a despicabe precedence that should be stopped, but man seems to be at his wits end afte years of either trying or not knowing how to fix the problem.  This is another ara that clever peole have reached their ceiling of competence, it seems.

• Global Warhawking and Colonialization.  In the 21st century  when American bolsters a the 'exceptional' meme forall the world to see, if fails to list both the bad and he good that its democracy has wrought.  America leads he world indetermining who deserves to to be attacked and destroyed under he shroud of Humaniatarian Intervention.  While most of the coonials nations has proclaim an end to the nefarious practice after centuries of casting people in to darkness, American seems to be a modern day colonizer and has been succesful in elbowing their through their supoerpower position persuadng other  other post-colonials to reurn to the days of old. It would be unfiar to label only America as a hegeon that is seeking to dominate others, but it's an exceptional one.  Yet, man's whole world is guilty of allowing this cypti verson og colonialism to resurface with a vengeance.  One again, nothing has changed.

In summary, we are one of the greatest enterprising nation (if not the greatest) for at least in the last century.  I would concur that we can  consider our selves as "exceptional", but let's be clear ; we've strayed from the path that God has given us to go down as a nation.  Our real compassion and respect have not been cultivated to the point  where we can be that 'light on the hill'.  This is unfortunate.

We have become a raging bull in the midst of a world that needs us to show the way.  We have failed (and are failing) the world.  Our children are even being scorned as they search for the light of new hope.  This status is not tenable.  Something has to give - and the hour is getting late.  We must will ourselves to resolve spiraling into nothingness.   We must break through the ceilings in order to extract ourselves from present death-hold - and it may already be too late.