Your points are valid. My take on this situation is that the MSM - those who control the “narrative” - is largely responsible for things deteriorating to this level. If we’d had real journalism during these years it never would have gotten this bad. The people, not the military, choose our elected officials (or so we thought). Reagan might have been good enough to stem the tide (and they tried assassinating him), but others (Bush family, Clintons, Obama) are part of the problem. Trump is not like any of them; he’s their antithesis. I believe we’re closer to controlled than to desperate. No disrespect, eagle; we all want the same outcome.