content: This is a really good point (minus the immigrant part, which is ridiculous - there's never been a time when we haven't been flooded with immigrants, they're traditionally one of our strengths because they tend to work their asses off to make it in their new country, they have lots of kids to keep our birth rate from going the way of Japan's, and their kids tend to adopt our culture, get an education, and become future leaders - Sergey Brin is Russian, Elon Musk is South African-Canadian - fuck, half the Manhattan project was foreign engineers and scientists, get your head out of your ass). But aside from that dribble of shit at the end I agree with the rest of what you said. We're still fighting the literal and ideological wars of the 1970's and 1980's - trying to control oil, or appease those who control oil, while dismantling our own infrastructure to enrich our friends. Because of this, we will lose.