<< Chocked by 9/11, they decided to implicitly discard the Habeas Corpus by installing the Patriot Act and officially autorize torture. A temporary measure that never got revoked.
Then, they went to war on the other side on the globe, spending a trillion of dollars, against the UN vote, lying about WMD.
Meanwhile, they setup mass surveillance of their own people, and ruthlessly attacked the ones speaking against it.
They elected Bush twice, and Trump, reinforcing every day anti-intellectualism, fear, agressivity and violence as part of the country culture. The medias, including news outlets and tv shows, followed since this is what brought the biggest audience.
Injustice rose. While the poor had a hard time even getting decent health treatment or diet and the black community compose most inmate population, milked by a privatized social system, the powerful are exonerated from accountability: rogue cops are not condamned, the Panama papers lead to nowhere, Esptein died in prison, brankrupt giants are bailed out with peoople's money and Trump was never impeached, staying the center of attention.
Finally, the covid-19 outbreak stuck the country in recession, rendering tens of millions of people incapable of producing revenue, tanking the oil price, and elevating social tensions. >>
Since the US peace keepers seems to have a licence to kill, this is not going to end well.
I'm glad I'm in Europe watching the show from afar. You have all my compassion.