AGAIN EXCELLENT ARTICLE . I AGREE THAT THIS CENTURY WILL OBSERVE THE SELF DESTRUCTION OF USofA IN A MANNER LIKE MANY OF IT'S CITIZENS ARE DYING TODAY IN USA FROM ALZEIMER'S DEMENTIA OR CANCER--A SLOW AND PROGRESSIVELY PAINFUL DEATH ,HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE SEVERAL KNOWLEDGEABLE INTELLECTUALS IN THE USA - A LOT OF THEM IMMIGRANTS WILL PREVENT IT FROM AN ACCELERATED COMPLETE COLLAPSE BUT A SLOW DEATH NONETHELESS OF THIS OVER-CONSUMMING BANKRUPT AND IRREVERSABLY INDEBTED AND ADDICTED SOCIETY HAS ALREADY STARTED.HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF AND AMERICAN SOCIETY LIKE SO MANY IN THE PAST HAVE LEFT THE TRAIN OF TRUE CAPITALISM,FAILED MISERABLY AT SUPERCAPITALISM AND IN IT'S CURRENT TENURE OF IMPERIALISM IT IS CERTAINLY FAILING AND DESPITE THE VERY OPEN EVIDENCE OF CRIMINALLY DESPERATE GREED,MALFISCIENCE,LIES,BY SEVERAL BIG CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR BAILOUT THE POOR WORLD WHO ARE LURED AND FLOODED WRONGLY BY THE SELECTIVE AMERICAN MEDIA AND ANALYSIS KEEP INVESTING INTO THIS BANKRUPT COUNTRY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THINKING THAT IT IS A MORE STABLE PLACE TO GET YOUR RETURNSAND WHILE ALL THESE AND MORE ABOUT USA IS SIMPLY DEFINES AS A COUNTRY OF MONEY,SEX,DRUGS,LIES,GREED,AND ANTICHRIST ON THE BASIS OF ITS POLICIES AND ACTIONS I TRULY BELIEVE THAT GOLD AND PRECIOUS COMMODITIES AND METALS AND MINERALS MAY BE SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT---THIS CURRENT CENTURY!---MIKE DEE