Your grasp of History is correct in some respects.

• The American Empire..
• The American Police State..
• The Welfare/Warfare State..
will crash and burn badly. The World Community is wising up, they'll very soon stop throwing good Money after bad, they'll also stop playing Follow the Leader with the United States, they'll no longer allow themselves to be subjugated to the US Government's horrific dictates and sadistic threats.

I myself use what information I've read or learned, ideas heard about and listened to, and discovered for myself then I post what I myself believe what a Constitutional Government bears responsibility for. I'm very honest about that so there's a respectful discussion on the merits of issues. Whether or not all of them are my own ideas isn't the issue, the point is that whether or not we've prepared ourselves when the US Citizenry learns and realizes the truth. Russia and China in particular, have long complicated Histories, whether or not their Economics is in question is very complicated, they've accumulated Gold, their Relations is tenable, they have the leverage they want to buy from whomever they damn well please. On top of that they have real Money to buy Natural Resources in open Markets (i.e. Afghanistan) since they understand Capital Investment.

I myself put information out for anyone else to do with it what they will or please. It's not about whether or not we agree on everything or anything at all. People are responsible for using their higher education and critical thinking skills to find the answers they need to arrive at the truth. Others will decide for themselves what to believe, think, or do. That's not my place to tell anyone to do so, far be it from me. What you support, went along with, and enabled is your personal business, your personal responsibility and your Right as a "Free" American. After all, you'll bear responsibility for yourself and whatever you yourself went along with. Actions have big consequences, and you'll definitely bear that responsibility too.

With that being said, you clearly speak facts, as you and I both know, 9 out 10 in recent surveys believe that America is in deep Decline, 3 out of 4 believe the Corporations have too much control over their Lives and Livelyhoods, and the Corporate Duopoly of Republicans and Democrats have failed miserably. The United States' Diplomatic Credibility is in the dustpins of US History.

America's Foreign Affairs is in Shambles and blowing up in our Faces due to the blood soaked Phony "War on Terrorism and War on Drugs". America's Fiscal, Economic, and Monetary development is in collapse since the US Dollar is nothing more than Phony Monopoly Game Money💰 alongside our $30+ Trillion Dollar Debt and Annual Deficits as far as the Eye can see. The United States Government cannot and does not serve the needs or interests of the US Citizenry since Corporations, the Military Industrial Complex, the Prison Industrial Complex, the Medical Industrial Complex, K Street Lobbyists, and AIPAC made sure that our Nation's Capital is Corporate Occupied Territory.

The real questions to be asked;
• How much longer will the US Citizenry continue to "Play the Fool" before they realize their Intelligence is being insulted by the same Officials they Elected to represent their Interests?!

• How much longer will it take for the US Voters and Electorate to realize that they're the Ones drowning in the Sea of Washington's Bull****?!

• How much longer will it take for the US Taxpayers and Consumers to realize that the Joke and the Trick is always and solely on them?!