Is The United States In Trouble?

[CJD]

Every time this topic comes up, my immediate reaction is something along the lines of, "No, I don't think America is in that much trouble. At least not at the scale of nationwide collapse that is associated with the fall of an empire. I mean, we aren't really an empire to begin with, but even if we were the whole 250 year thing is, at best, taken out of context and, at worst, completely made up to create panic since America is nearing 250 years old. It's true that there is a small contingent of fascist, anti intellectuals that have gained some semblance of power but they're extraordinarily unpopular outside of their insular bubble and I don't think they'll ever grow beyond an extreme minority... oh... oh you're asking because of trans people again... sigh...
No. I don't think trans people's existence will spell the end of America..."