I would like you to read a book titled Undaunted Courage. I often submit this book as an excellent look into centuries ago America, the struggles of life, the disease, poverty, lack of education.....and then the credible journey of imperialism that open the American West.
It has been known for quite some time our history isn't your strong suit, Ethereal. Today, we are hardly in decline, we face less threat and strife than at any time in our history. Because you don't know that, you make ridiculous thread starts like this. You'll be insulting and calling me names next inyour infamous deflection techniques, however, the content you wrote there isn't correct. And becoming educated on our history would prove that.