Sad, isn't it?

I was in denial for a few years now. I knew America was not doing well, but I held out slim hope the recent change in direction might be able to do lasting change, and the movement would continue on. I had no clue just how bad it would get; I think very few people did, considering how fast everything happened. Some might have predicted this shit over the span of a decade, or something, but we went from a failing and corrupt America that still was perhaps the most free country in the world, with a huge contrast between us and, say, China, to complete authoritarianism in a matter of months. The gap between us and China is barely there anymore and, if the current pace continues, won't be there in a year or two, maybe less. Genocide and camps aren't even out of the question.

I held on to America's past, and glorious founding, and excellent ideas. I held on for ages. But it's become apparent that isn't enough. You could pick almost any corrupt or totalitarian place, and compare the USA right now. We might still sometimes squeak out into the lead in some instances, but the gap isn't what it used to be. Some corrupt and authoritarian counties may even come out ahead of the US now. America has fallen. America will continue to fall, unless some major shift occurs.