terminal dissatisfaction [Tuesday lunchbreak]

[kanzeon_2040]

As I stay away from commenting on whatever is in the news today, as part of my Breaking News Intake Reduction Effort, I spend more time looking at historical trends and reading about history.  One thing I'm struck by is how terribly dissatisfied US residents have become with their country.  This is not brand new -- the last time a majority of US

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[matrixmann]

Hm... I see a reason to be dissatisfied for 18 years now: People in the US realize on a subtle level that best years or their country lie way behind them. It's a slow but constant decay, and nothing of one's own private efforts stops the course...
People can do whatever they want, steadily they seem to be the one on the losing side, privately.

Just saying: Currently the US perhaps has the highest probability of shifting to a dictatorship. Why I say that, you probably may ask? Because - if getting to power isn't satisfying enough anymore for either party that does so, what's the next level of "power" that one can reach still? There's only "absolute power" left. And that means "one fraction comes to power, and then outlaws all competitors - so that it becomes the only power in the country that can operate politically officially

[deloric]

I think a lot of the problem is a lacking feeling of community tied to place. The reason for this, in my mind, is greed for capital wealth. The wealthiest created a structure to build more wealth, and that breaks down communities and sense of place on the local level.

[kanzeon_2040]

I also think that's part of it, the US has increasingly become a global haven for billionaires, either in person or via cross-border investment, so our policies have become ever more wealth-friendly rather than concerned about the welfare of our citizens. States and communities engage in a "race to the bottom" to attract and retain business investment, rather than a "race to the top" to improve living standards for the working class.