[Porsche-O-Phile]

Why not?

Completely serious.

America is more divided than ever. The founding principles that made this such a remarkable country are all but gone. We're little better today than many dozens of other nations that have failed and gone the way of the dodo. But that is the cyclical nature of things:

Tyrrany begets anger. Anger begets motivation. Motivation begets revolution. Revolution begets idealism. Idealism begets action. Action begets innovation. Innovation begets prosperity. Prosperity begets complacency. Complacency begets apathy. Apathy begets tyrrany.

I think we're at about 9 or 10 on that list (either "complacency begetting apathy" or "apathy begetting tyrrany"). What makes you think we're immune to a pattern we've seen repeated over and over and over throughout history and the world? Oh, that's right, "this time's different". Right.

Our "leaders" don't lead, our "representatives" don't represent and the will of the people be damned. Unsustainable. Formula for eventual governmental collapse.

I love this country - or more specifically the ideals on which it was founded. I see very little today to make me "proud to be 'merican". I hope for change but fear it will not ever come. I'm not completely willing to write off America yet, but it's sure going that way.