How is America in Bad Shape?

A good question, it seems to me. And the answer rests mainly on America's attitude toward itself. What do Americans think of themselves?

At the conscious level, the answer is easy - they do think about this question at all. And they are determined to not think about it.

It has been pushed into their unconscious, where it is invisible, and can only be inferred from their actions.

From their actions, we can see they are hostile to many people, whom they consider their enemies. They have many enemies, and they are out to get them.

America is involved in a Civil War, with many dimensions, that are poorly defined. Only one thing is certain - they are in a State of War, and they intend to keep it that way.

And they are determined to not see they are this way.