you guys totally missed Tabs' point (rare that he has one
):
The problem is the "American Way of Life" tm
We as a nation have devolved into slovenly, brain-dead minions, sucking at the teat of short-term happiness. For us (and US), currently construed, we are taking precisely the correct course.
I'll offer that what he is actually arguing is that we as a society are fundamentally flawed, and his "To Save America" is in fact a call to arms to put an end to our *desires* for cheap goods and any price, and instead roll up our sleves and try and turn this bus around. Not so much the policy, but the underlying social fabric.