The Collapse of the American Empire

Originally posted by watso: ↑

a great video - and well worth watching ...

watso seems to recall having watched the video on a previous occasion - but worth watching again..

mmmm the relevant book was released in 2018 - so about 3 years ago - and the interview was done when trump was still in power - ...

for what it is worth, but pint's keeps on posting about how biden is dragging america down into the gutter.. so obviously pints would be agreeing with the premise of the author ... - but the demise under biden is nothing more than the demise that was happening under trump and previous presidents ..

in the interview, the author touches on matters that sharpie often raises .. ie an increasing divide between the have and the have nots in american society ...

,, just a random comment that watso thought was interesting was the high suicide rate of white middle aged americans...

..The suicide rate for both younger and older Americans remains virtually unchanged, however, the rate has spiked for those in middle age (35 to 64 years old) with a 28 percent increase from 1999 to 2010. The rate for whites in middle-age jumped an alarming 40 percent during the same time frame.

Interestingly, African-American suicides have declined and are considerably lower than whites. ..

A person with no hope and nowhere to go, can now easily turn to their prescription painkiller and overdose, bringing the pain, stress and worry to an end.

Just because a person attempts suicide doesn't mean they want to die. Rather, often they have lost what I call the, “power of hope”. When faced with a bad situation that has no end in sight, coupled with the helpless feeling that nothing you can do will make a difference it’s all too easy to lose hope..https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/reading-between-the-headlines/201305/white-middle-age-suicide-in-america-skyrocketstrump obviously appealed to these whites with no hope ..hitler also appealed to the germans who had lost all hope ..

for what it is worth - but watso despises bully boy america - but team biden has a better opportunity of being better for america, than what trump has been

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.The suicide rate for both younger and older Americans remains virtually unchanged, however, the rate has spiked for those in middle age (35 to 64 years old) with a 28 percent increase from 1999 to 2010. The rate for whites in middle-age jumped an alarming 40 percent during the same time frame.

Interestingly, African-American suicides have declined and are considerably lower than whites. ..

Hmmmmm...and here I thought there was all this "white privilege"

Ya starting to see the stupidity and dishonesty that underpins that notion?