I am with you and your outline of the how and why of where we are as a nation, in the US, and as a global community. I see the process as more cyclical, not a straight line to the end but a circle and we are coming to point on that where much if not everything that has been will crumble and then that will create the opportunity for another beginning. The Yugas in some cultures. This being the Kali Yuga or Dark Age. The Golden Age to follow.