Why do you think that the US could lose it’s top position as a world leader? Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Sadly, some of the things you have been saying are good assessments of the situation and I believe there is credibility there for why the US is on a down spiral. #1) The Russians figured something out quite a while ago and they ran an experiment in the US in 2016 to see if it was true. People go up in arms that it was to mess with the election and yes, it was partly but that wasn’t the point in itself. By getting that hacker team to focus on the US they were able to spread disinformation and sow seeds of discord that had incalculable effects moving forwards. That hacker group a) showed the world that the US was vulnerable b) it showed that democracy has some major weaknesses that can be exploited c) it showed the threat of total free speech and free speech of the press d) it made the American electoral system seem fraudulent, or at very least not a credible and fair system
Why do American laws seem to be regressing? Does is feel for anyone else like we are going back in time? The best example of regressive laws in the US that I can think of is the law around Flakka. Flakka or bath salts as some call them, is a synthetic drug that causes wakefulness, high sex drive, hallucinations, a rush, and euphoria. When taken over a long period of time a person will not be able to sleep and similar to methamphetamine, after enough time of being awake the person will develop extreme paranoia and can turn aggressive. Truly, there is no difference between Flakka and any of the other stimulants that exist out there. It’s literally one of a thousand options that end up doing the same thing - keeping you awake and making you want to have sex while at the same time you can be hallucinating. In Florida, a man went berserk and started eating a homeless man's face just like a zombie would. The man was killed and the homeless man was mangled terribly as his face was liter