Ok, it’s pretty clear to me that something is going on. I can’t help but wonder if this occurs cyclically, or not. The U.S. appears to be moving in a conservative bias, while the rest of the globe pursues liberalism. The U.S., however, is a country that was founded on liberalism while the rest of the globe has always had conservative tendencies. So, what does this situation suggest of our current circumstances?
Are we regressing, or is the rest of the world advancing? I suspect that U.S. strength will shortly be sublimated to the rest of the world. We are in the process of seeing economic empowerment in the rest of the world while U.S. resources are squandered in pursuit of an "ancien regime," and unsustainable economic policy.
What now? How long can this continue?