USA finds itself in stagnation and even decline mode. This pictorial essay explains some of the reasons for America's decline.

1. Is Society Improving or Declining?
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3. The Books Tell The Story
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4. More Books
There are over two
hundred more
books like them
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5. The Internet Blogs Tell The Story
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6. The Daily Images Tell The Story
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8. The Deficit
We now pile up over $1 trillion debt per year!
Does anyone think that this is good for the country?
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9. Is This Good For The Country?
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10. Is This Good For The Country?
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11. Decline Of Unions
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13. 47 Million People In Poverty
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14. People On Food Stamps
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20. Other Interesting KPIs
• Suicide rate
• Murder rate; multiple killings rate
• Teen pregnancy rate
• Deviant behavior rate
• People exiting the country rate
• People dropping out of society rate
• Number of guns being sold rate
• Number of domestic terrorists rate
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21. All The Rates Are Up!
• Does anyone wonder why?
• Does anyone worry about it?
• Does the media and government really care?
• Does anyone really debate the causes?
• Is anyone really doing anything about them?
• Did you ever wonder why most countries
avoid any discussion regarding their own KPIs
and the trends associated with them?
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22. You’ve Guessed it
• It’s not a pretty picture!
An there is more bad news …
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24. Divorce Rate
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25. Michigan Divorce Rate
There is a high correlation between unemployment, financial
woes and divorce rates
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27. Is this True?
As the family
goes, so does the
country?
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28. Obesity Rate
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29. Our Kids Today
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1950s 2000s

30. By 2025 Almost 50% Of Population
Will Be Obese
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31. Heart Attack Death Rate Decreased
Due To New Surgeries and
Technologies
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32. Reminder
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33. Diabetes Rate
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34. Cancer Death Rates
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36. That Is Even Worst
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37. What Has Contributed To The Decline?
• Being big, fat, dumb and happy
• Narcissism
• Complacency
• Culture of infinite forgiveness, acceptance and
tolerance
• Culture of Entitlement
• Political correctness and multi-culturalism
• Being soft
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38. Does This Make Sense Now?
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40. Political Correctness Is Used To Mess
People’s Minds By Distorting Reality
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41. Food For Thought
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43. Culture Of Making Everyone and
Everything Acceptable Results In:
• Making the abnormal normal
• Loss of self-respect and self-worth
• Loss of self-esteem and confidence
• Loss or dignity and pride
• Becoming more willing to get into drugs,
alcohol and decadent or depraved lifestyle
• Becoming more susceptible into doing crime
• Less inclined to help society
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44. The Grime Of Society
Discussion:
What happens to any system* that
picks up too much grime and
muck?
Do you know that this is one of
the top three topics that society
does not want to address or
discuss?
* --- Society is a system
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45. Self-Correction Systems
• Laws, Regulations
• Rules, Rulings
• Commandments, Religious Teachings
• Jails and Prisons
• Death Penalty
• Civil Unrest, Uprisings, Revolutions
• Civil Wars, Wars
• Acts of God and Nature
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46. Clarification
• No one is advocating to killing all the misfits,
weirdoes and nuts. However, we need to
reinvent society the right way because the
current society not only has lost its bearings
and map, it has lost all sense of direction and
purpose. It is just allows the winds of change
to take it wherever it may. There are no true
leaders in the Government or society … just
demagogues
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47. And Then We have This!
God Help Us!
Rudderless flying!
Very few people
understand the
essence or
consequences of this
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49. We Know How The Rudderless Journey
Ends!
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50. So, What Happens When …
• A PC cannot be cleaned or repaired?
• A vehicle cannot be cleaned or repaired?
• A machine cannot be cleaned or repaired?
• A body of water cannot be cleaned?
• An organism cannot be cleaned or get rid of
its own waste?
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind …
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51. Yes …
• All systems need a cleaning or scrubbing down
from time to time and society is not any
different. Society is a complex system and as
such it needs a good scrub down. But society
must have the guts to do it!!!!!!!!
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52. But We Must First Overcome the Prevalent
Attitudes and Stupid Questions
• Who are you to tell us what is right and
wrong?
• Who are you to tell us what is normal and
abnormal?
• Who are you to tell us what is acceptable and
unacceptable?
• Who are you to tell us what is good and bad
or evil?
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53. The Truth
• We are taking 30,000 years of wisdom and
throwing it away because we feel that we
know better than all previous people, societies
and civilizations!
Now that is Arrogance!
Arrogance leads to Selfishness
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54. We Have Forgotten That:
• No nation or society can progress and improve
itself when virtue and excellence are seen as
meaningless words
• No nation or society can thrive when its
people become selfish, self-absorbed,
arrogant, hedonistic, apathetic and decadent
• No nation or society can survive when its
people lose their moral compass
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55. What Matters
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56. Plus This:
Our misguided society believes
that creativity is all a result of
knowledge, IQ, technology and
scientific thinking. However,
real creativity is the result of
spirituality and enthusiasm.
Remember that enthusiasm
comes from having Theos (=
God) inside one’s system.
Enthusiasm is a derivative of
Entheos (= God Inside)
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57. The Right Perspective
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58. Spiritual People …
• Have limits and boundaries … not because
religion, society or a government has imposed
them, but because they know that there are
certain things that are not right, normal,
acceptable or dignified. Self-respect alone
does not allow spiritual people to do whatever
they want. Restraint is a major virtue
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59. Why Is Infinite Forgiveness and
Tolerance Bad?
• Because it sends the subliminal message to
the bad and evil people that no matter what
they do they will be forgiven. Forgiveness and
tolerance remove the boundaries of society.
Without boundaries anything goes and
anything is fair, incl. killing you and your loved
ones, taking away all your possessions and
burning down your house
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60. Remember This:
• All societies and civilizations must have
boundaries and limits. Otherwise be prepared
for this:
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61. Clarifying Forgiveness
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62. Remember This:
• The criminals care less about your forgiveness.
The enemy that wants to kill you cares even
less about your good heart and kind nature.
He just wants you to suffer harm or even
death. Forgiveness does not change your
enemy. Forgiveness only changes you! Best
advice: Don’t let your enemy know that you
are soft because he will use that against you
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63. “No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!”
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