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I don't believe there is going to be a civil war, but the result of our current difficulties will have the same effect. Like the USSR in the 80's, I believe that we are going to disintegrate as a nation.

Vietnam cost us our industrial base. Iraq and Afghanistan are costing us our financial dominance. Our dependence on oil is causing a massive transfer of wealth to states that are not our friends. Real wages of what is left of our working class haven't gone up since the early 80's while medical cost are going up disproportionately every year. We spend as much on our military as the rest of the world combined. We imprison a greater portion of our population than any other nation. We seem to be politically locked in to all these things. Only unworkable ideological solutions are being put forward.

I believe this is what the psalmist was referring to when he mentioned being caught in snares of our own devising.

<blockquote data-quote="foggedinn" data-source="post: 108779" data-attributes="member: 1081">I don&#039;t believe there is going to be a civil war, but the result of our current difficulties will have the same effect.&nbsp; Like the USSR in the 80&#039;s, I believe that we are going to disintegrate as a nation.&nbsp; Vietnam cost us our industrial base.&nbsp; Iraq and Afghanistan are costing us our financial dominance.&nbsp; Our dependence on oil is causing a massive transfer of wealth to states that are not our friends.&nbsp; Real wages of what is left of our working class haven&#039;t gone up since the early 80&#039;s while medical cost are going up disproportionately every year.&nbsp; We spend as much on our military as the rest of the world combined.&nbsp; We imprison a greater portion of our population than any other nation.&nbsp; We seem to be politically locked in to all these things.&nbsp; Only unworkable ideological solutions are being put forward.I believe this is what the psalmist was referring to when he mentioned being caught in snares of our own devising.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="foggedinn, post: 108779, member: 1081"] I don't believe there is going to be a civil war, but the result of our current difficulties will have the same effect. Like the USSR in the 80's, I believe that we are going to disintegrate as a nation. Vietnam cost us our industrial base. Iraq and Afghanistan are costing us our financial dominance. Our dependence on oil is causing a massive transfer of wealth to states that are not our friends. Real wages of what is left of our working class haven't gone up since the early 80's while medical cost are going up disproportionately every year. We spend as much on our military as the rest of the world combined. We imprison a greater portion of our population than any other nation. We seem to be politically locked in to all these things. Only unworkable ideological solutions are being put forward. I believe this is what the psalmist was referring to when he mentioned being caught in snares of our own devising. [/QUOTE]

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