I think the source of the problem here is that many overlook the impact of outside influences, i.e., the powers and influences out of America's control.
America has a difficult time being unable to control something that matters to them, and this will only get worse over the next while.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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