How to lose a country, in 7 steps... we're not immune:
[thoughteconomics.com]
Borrow trillions of dollars from China for illegal wars and keep voting for the corrupt blueREDS redBLUES duopoly and not voting for WWW.HOWIEHAWKINS.US PEACE THROUGH GREEN JOBS
The usual evil people scenario. People are not always in control or even directly responsible. Sometimes natural forces take over and we are left scratching our heads and coming up with all kinds of anthropocentric theories.