The Late Great United States

The Decline and Fall of the United States of America

 

 

Joseph George Caldwell

 

 

23 March 2008

Revised 20 June 2008

 

 

© 2008 Joseph George Caldwell.  All rights reserved.  Posted at Internet web sites http://www.foundationwebsite.org and http://www.foundation.bw.  May be copied or reposted for non-commercial use, with attribution.

 


Contents

 

 

The United States Is Already Dead, and Just Doesn’t Know It 1

Reasons Why the US Will Collapse Soon. 1

Destruction of the Biosphere. 4

The Passage of Peak Oil 5

Overpopulation. 7

Fractionated Culture. 9

Decline in US Culture. 21

Loss of Spirituality and Manifest Destiny. 22

Globalization. 30

Low Security. 39

The Politics of Envy. 41

Oppression. 42

Decline in Freedom.. 52

Alienation of the US People from the Government 54

The US Government No Longer Obeys Its Own Laws. 54

Civil Rights and Affirmative Action. 56

The US Government Punishes Native US Citizens and Lets Illegal Aliens Flaunt the Law.. 59

The US Government Has Destroyed Security, to Generate More Wealth for the Wealthy Elite. 61

Illegal Aliens Are Killing, Maiming and Murdering US Citizens on a Massive Scale. 64

Never-ending War 65

The US Is Now a Fascist Dictatorship. 66

The Benefit of Productivity Increases Goes to the Wealthy Elite. 74

The US Government Promotes the Dollar Drain and Dollar Weakening. 75

Mexican Truckers Get a Free Ride on US Highways; Who Pays?  You Do! 75

The US Government Is Selling US Infrastructure to Foreign Entities. 76

Many US Jobs Are Being Exported, and Many US-Based Jobs Are Being Given to Foreigners. 77

Discrimination against the Capable. 80

The US Government Sues the Salvation Army over Its Use of English. 81

The “Dream Act” Is an Affront to the US Middle Class. 82

There Is Resentment that the US Government, through Its Policies of Mass Immigration, Massive International Free Trade, Open Borders, and Serving of the Wealthy Has Caused a Profound Decline in the Quality of Life for the US Middle Class. 83

There Is No Way Out for the Middle Class. 83

Quality of Life Is Declining for the US Middle Class. 84

Increasing Income Gap. 94

Political Incompetence. 94

Miscellaneous Technical Reasons. 99

Why the US Will Collapse Quickly. 114

The US Has Faced Troubles Before and Survived.  What Is Different Now?. 116

Can Anything Be Done?. 117

Projections, Predictions and Prophecy. 130

References and Suggested Reading. 174

Population and Demography. 174

Environment and Carrying Capacity. 174

Oil and Energy. 176

Miscellaneous Technical Topics. 176

War 177

History. 178

Government 179

Global Discontent 180

American Discontent 181

Immigration. 183

Food and Diet 184

Culture. 185

Religion, Race, Slavery and Revolution. 186

Religion. 186

Race. 186

Slavery. 187

Anthropology and Sociobiology. 187

Technological Forecasts. 187

Science Fiction, Predictions, Prophecy and New Age. 188

Science Fiction. 188

Predictions. 188

Prophecy. 189

New Age. 189

Examples of Technical Data Sources. 190

Examples of Technical Reference Books in Demography. 191

Examples of Technical Reference Books in Mathematical Forecasting