Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for the United States of America? *---* *no, we are witnessing the beginning of a sane and logical society as opposed to an insane and religious society.*
*–*America has the highest rate of illegal drug use <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/01/health/webmd/main4222322.shtml> on the entire planet. --- because of insane drug laws that corrupt mexico to the brink of self-destruction and unnecessarily fill our prisons. we know who wants to keep pot illegal and why. On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 6:43:28 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > Unhappy America: Will The United States Collapse Due To An Internal > Societal Meltdown? <http://endoftheamericandream.com> > ------------------------------ > > Unhappy America: Will The United States Collapse Due To An Internal > Societal Meltdown? > <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/unhappy-america-will-the-united-states-collapse-due-to-an-internal-societal-meltdown> > > > Posted: 24 Apr 2016 07:40 PM PDT > > [image: American Flag Blowing In The Wind - Public Domain] > <http://amzn.to/1XQKRNN>Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for > the United States of America? All great nations eventually fall, and the > United States is not going to be any exception. Many of those that write > about the decline of our once great country tend to focus on external > threats, and there are certainly many that could be talked about. But > perhaps even more ominous is the internal societal meltdown that we see > happening all around us. According to Real Clear Politics > <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html>, > > recent surveys show that 67 percent of Americans believe that the country > is on the wrong track, and only 26 percent of Americans believe that it is > headed in the right direction. So even though we are tremendously divided > as to what the solutions are, the vast majority of us can see that > something is deeply, deeply wrong with America. > > Personally, I spend a lot of time writing about our economic problems. We > have piled up the largest mountain of debt in the history of the planet, > last year the middle class became a minority for the first time in our > history, and 47 percent of all Americans > <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/47-percent-of-americans-cannot-even-come-up-with-400-to-cover-an-emergency-room-visit> > > couldn’t even pay an unexpected $400 emergency room bill without borrowing > the money or selling something. But I don’t want to focus on economics in > this article. > > Neither do I plan to focus on our political problems. The fact that > somewhere around half the country plans to vote for Hillary Clinton in > November shows just how far gone we are as a nation. And the Republican > Party is essentially just a watered-down version of the Democrats at this > point. On average, Congress has just a 14.5 percent > <http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/47-percent-of-americans-cannot-even-come-up-with-400-to-cover-an-emergency-room-visit> > > approval rating, and yet we keep sending the same corrupt politicians back > to Washington D.C. time after time. > > What in the world is wrong with us? > > Physically we are a giant mess too. According to USA Today > <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/10/public-health-obesity-inactivity-state-rankings/20095261/>, > > the obesity rate in the United States has more than doubled over the past > 25 years, and the OECD has found that the U.S. has the most overweight > population in the entire industrialized world by a wide margin. > > But our physical problems are not going to be the focus of this article > either. > > Instead, I want to focus on what is going on inside our heads and inside > our hearts. I want to focus on our mental, emotional and spiritual > problems. > > Alvin Conway of *The Extinction Protocol* has been chronicling global > disasters for years, and he has just posted an insightful piece > <https://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/04/23/the-fall-of-the-republic-why-the-u-s-will-not-likely-survive-the-next-century/> > > in which he comments on the growing social decay that we see all around us… > > According to Covenant Eyes, an internet search group, 1 out of 5 mobile > searches on the internet involves pornography. Illegal drugs continue to be > both manufactured and transported into the U.S. with no apparent way of > halting or stopping the flow. In the US alone, more than 15 million people > abuse prescription drugs, more than the combined number of people who > reportedly abuse cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin. If the war > against drugs can’t be won, what luck will we ever have winning the war on > terror? Does anyone remember who won Lyndon B. Johnson’s famed war on > poverty? Regardless, let’s throw some more taxpayers’ money at an issues > that money along can’t fix. > > Later in his article, Conway goes on to link this social decay with the > spiritual decline of our nation… > > According to Pew Forum, the number of people who claim to be religious in > America is declining as the country becomes more and more secular. > “Research Center finds that the percentage of adults (ages 18 and older) > who describe themselves as Christians has dropped by nearly eight > percentage points in just seven years, from 78.4% in an equally massive Pew > Research survey in 2007 to 70.6% in 2014. Over the same period, the > percentage of Americans who are religiously unaffiliated – describing > themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” – has jumped > more than six points, from 16.1% to 22.8%.” The U.S. is beginning to look > more and more like ancient Rome before it collapsed. > > I agree with Conway. America is starting to look more and more like the > Roman Empire just before it collapsed. > > A nation is only as strong as its population, and right now we are quite a > disaster. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the > suicide rate in the United States has spiked to the highest level in almost > 30 years. The following is an excerpt from a Washington Post article > entitled “U.S. suicide rate has risen sharply in the 21st century > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-suicide-rate-has-risen-sharply-in-the-21st-century/2016/04/21/2b5fa6fe-07d1-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html> > “… > > The U.S. suicide rate has increased sharply since the turn of the century, > led by an even greater rise among middle-aged white people, particularly > women, according to federal data released Friday. > > Last decade’s severe recession, more drug addiction, “gray divorce,” > increased social isolation, and even the rise of the Internet and social > media may have contributed to the growth in suicide, according to a variety > of people who study the issue. > > That same article goes on to say that the suicide rate in this country > increased by a whopping 24 percent from 1999 to 2014. > > Is that a sign of a healthy nation? > > At this point things have gotten so bad that even 70 percent of our > pastors are battling depression. The following was authored by respected > journalist Jennifer LeClaire > <http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/watchman-on-the-wall/42063-why-are-so-many-pastors-committing-suicide> > … > > There is no lack of statistics about pastors and depression, burnout, > health, low pay, spirituality, relationships and longevity—and none of them > are good. According to the Schaeffer Institute, *70 percent* of pastors > constantly fight depression, and *71 percent* are burned out. Meanwhile, *72 > percent* of pastors say they only study the Bible when they are preparing > for sermons; *80 percent* believe pastoral ministry has negatively > affected their families; and *70 percent* say they don’t have a close > friend. > > The Schaeffer Institute also reports that *80 percent* of seminary and > Bible school graduates will leave the ministry within five years. > > We are a deeply, deeply unhappy nation, and we have been trained to turn > to pills as the solution. > > According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical > Association <http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2467552>, > 59 percent of all U.S. adults are on at least one prescription drug at this > point, and 15 percent of all U.S. adults are on at least *five* > prescription drugs. > > Those are absolutely astounding numbers to me. We are the most drugged up > nation on the face of the planet, and yet we just keep on getting less > happy. > > Here are some more selected numbers from a previous article > <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/21-signs-that-americans-are-the-unhappiest-people-in-the-entire-world> > > that back up that claim… > > *–*Back in 1987, 61.1 percent > <http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/06/20/most-americans-are-unhappy-at-work/> > > of all Americans reported being *happy* at work. Today, 52.3 percent > <http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/06/20/most-americans-are-unhappy-at-work/> > > of all Americans say that they are *unhappy* at work. > > *–*A different survey found that 70 percent > <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-most-americans-unhappy-at-work/> of > all Americans do not “feel engaged or inspired at their jobs”. > > *–*One survey of 50-year-old men in the U.S. found that only 12 percent > <http://www.esquire.com/features/facts-about-men-1010> of them said that > they were “very happy”. > > *–*The number of Americans diagnosed with depression increases by about > 20 percent > <http://www.naturalnews.com/043150_depression_heavy_metal_poisoning_brain_function.html> > > each year. > > *–*According to the New York Times, more than 30 million Americans > <http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/a-glut-of-antidepressants/> > take antidepressants. > > *–*Doctors in the United States write more than 250 million prescriptions > <http://www.wnd.com/2014/02/70-million-americans-taking-mind-altering-drugs/> > for antidepressants each year. > > *–*The rate of antidepressant use among middle aged women is far higher > than for the population as a whole. It is hard to believe, but right now one > out of every four women in their 40s and 50s > <http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/a-glut-of-antidepressants/> is > taking an antidepressant medication. > > *–*Compared to children in Europe, children in the United States are three > times more likely > <http://www.businessinsider.com/depressing-facts-about-healthcare-system-2011-6#american-kids-are-three-times-as-likely-to-be-prescribed-antidepressants-than-kids-in-europe-9> > > to be prescribed antidepressants. > > *–*In America today, there are 60 million people > <http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/19-statistics-about-the-drugging-of-america-that-are-almost-too-crazy-to-believe> > > that abuse alcohol and there are 22 million people that use illegal drugs. > > *–*America has the highest rate of illegal drug use > <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/01/health/webmd/main4222322.shtml> > on the entire planet. > > *–*America has the highest divorce rate > <http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_div_rat-people-divorce-rate> in > the world by a wide margin. > > *–*America has the highest percentage of one person households > <http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/peo_one_per_hou-people-one-person-households> > > on the entire planet. > > *–*100 years ago, 4.52 people were living in the average U.S. household, > but now the average U.S. household only consists of 2.59 people > <http://www.moneychoice.org/then-vs-now/>. > > We are more isolated, more lonely and more miserable than we have ever > been before. > > But does that mean that we are on the verge of collapsing as a nation? > > Just like during the days of the Roman Empire, most Americans cannot even > conceive of a time when America will be no more. And yet we can all see > that the foundations are being constantly chipped away at. > > Will we be able to survive once our foundations are totally gone? > > Please feel free to share what you think by posting a comment below… > > **About the author: Michael Snyder is the founder and publisher of End Of > The American Dream. 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