[lionkor]

I agree with the violent upheaval idea.

I believe that all systems which promote and enforce radical patriotism "no matter what" are bound to end up there.

It's also getting more and more difficult for your country to keep allies, what with bombing and assaulting every single possible place for maximum profit extraction. Lots of people in the world have a hatred for the USA (as an entity) that is only paralleled by e.g. Nazi Germany.

The only way to make a change is to get up and make a change, and if you can't because you're that deep in the hole, as you said, violent upheaval.

I really wish that the USA would just wake up one morning and decide to make a change, without violence and bloodshed, to look at other Western countries for inspiration and create a more human society.