speekinout writes above:
[[ The US has the best opportunity to be the world leader. We have the money, the military, and above all a free population that understands what freedom and opportunity mean... ]]
We -had- those things, once.
All of them are rapidly slipping away, particularly the last one.
More speekinout:
[[ We need a proven leader right now. One of these young and untested people might be a really good leader some day, but we really can't take a chance on an unproven candidate right now... ]]
Francis Fukuyama, 1992:
"The End of History"
Fishrrman, 2014:
"The End of Leadership" ...