The gradual stuff was the post-Gingrich political division, religious BS, the abuse of the Constitution whilst pretending that document prevented any such abuses, overreach, the inevitable rise of China & India and everyone else

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The very quickly bit is some combination of alt-right & two terms of Trump & Biden plus 'events': COVID, Ukraine

Old men (and women) just unable and unwilling to adjust

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Not so
PT Barnum didn't differentiate on age or gender -
Old and young Men and women

MAGA was decades in the making

Desperately seeking their Pied Piper
And along came trump...

A marriage made in hell
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Can't see what Biden could have done better (as in halt the decline), though.
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As this thread has got a little traction, can I plug the extraordinarily good 'Fall of Civilisations' podcasts from @fallofcivilizations.com

Fantastic resource on rise and decline. Strongly recommended.
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