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[00:00:05] In the US itself, the situation is called "Hollywood-style": a crisis
[00:00:08] of democracy. Firstly, Americans no longer believe in what seemed to be sacred, in
[00:00:11] the American dream, and do not feel pride in their
[00:00:15] nation. At the end of June, the Gallup Institute published
[00:00:18] the results of a poll, which showed that only 33% of US
[00:00:22] residents feel extreme pride in their belonging to
[00:00:26] the American nation. According to sociologists, this is the lowest
[00:00:29] figure in 25 years of such observations. Shortly before
[00:00:32] this, the Reuters agency conducted similar research and reported
[00:00:36] its findings that 70% of US residents
[00:00:39] no longer consider their country the greatest on Earth.
[00:00:42] 64% of respondents are convinced that American democracy
[00:00:46] is in danger. 38% do not believe
[00:00:49] that the states will last another 250 years as a unified
[00:00:53] state. In September of last year, The Wall Street Journal
[00:00:56] shocked everyone: 70% of the states' population believe
[00:01:00] the American dream is an irrelevant narrative, and do not
[00:01:03] believe that hard work can lead to its fulfillment.
[00:01:06] It seems that no one has ever treated the main American bedrock
[00:01:09] like this. Moreover, young people, instead of dreaming, are increasingly dreaming
[00:01:12] of immigration. Youth pessimism is associated with
[00:01:16] the fact that a gerontocracy has settled in the US government, which does not want
[00:01:20] to change anything and wishes to eternally maintain the current
[00:01:23] status quo. In this sense, the current US has a certain
[00:01:26] similarity with the late USSR before its collapse. In the union at its
[00:01:30] decline, there was an epidemic of alcoholism; in the states, there is currently
[00:01:33] an epidemic of drug addiction, from which over 100,000
[00:01:36] Americans die annually. Like in the late USSR, the elites
[00:01:39] are fixated on foreign policy at the expense of internal problems.
[00:01:43] The US, of course, does not fully copy the Soviet Union, but all these
[00:01:46] factors in the long term will negatively
[00:01:49] affect the development of this country. Secondly,
[00:01:52] Americans are seriously disillusioned with the entire power structure. Alarming figures
[00:01:56] regarding overseas sentiments were heard back in last year. Back then, the level
[00:02:00] of Americans' trust in the government became the worst in 50
[00:02:03] years, especially the situation has changed greatly over
[00:02:07] the last 20 years. A corresponding study
[00:02:10] was conducted by Gallup between September 2nd and 16th.
[00:02:13] Analysts compared the level of trust Americans have in the government in
[00:02:17] 1970 and 2020. Only
[00:02:20] 38% of survey participants trust the federal
[00:02:24] government on domestic policy issues. 32%
[00:02:27] of respondents trust legislators. Also, Americans
[00:02:31] have started to trust politicians less. Since the 1970s,
[00:02:34] the indicator has decreased by 23%. More
[00:02:37] skepticism among the population has appeared
[00:02:39] towards news media. In half a century, the average level of trust has fallen
[00:02:43] by 36%. Similar surveys that measure
[00:02:46] Americans' attitudes towards key institutions have been conducted by the Gallup Institute
[00:02:50] since 2006. During the first
[00:02:54] study, the USA shared first place with Great Britain in
[00:02:57] the G7 rating.
[00:03:30] and the country's legal system served as a kind of soft wall,
[00:03:34] restraining collective delusions. However, those times
[00:03:37] are long gone. Today, Congress's approval rating has fallen below
[00:03:40] the plinth, and in terms of respect, legislators are on par with
[00:03:44] lice and used car salespeople. Laws are no longer
[00:03:47] developed to help citizens; they are written by donors for
[00:03:51] donors and wrapped in legal formulations so
[00:03:54] tightly that they function like malicious software code,
[00:03:58] created specifically to conceal loopholes for corporate
[00:04:01] enrichment from the public. Congress, again,
[00:04:05] especially in recent decades, in recent years, it has also, among
[00:04:08] other things, turned not just into
[00:04:11] this field of settling
[00:04:14] scores, but it has also, of course, become very much
[00:04:18] a gathering of
[00:04:20] , well, if not outright freaks, then
[00:04:24] a gathering of opportunists, a gathering of those
[00:04:27] who came there on the wave of so-called
[00:04:31] "woke culture," a gathering of those
[00:04:33] who came there not to represent the interests
[00:04:36] of their district, right, of their state, of their
[00:04:39] voters, but to engage in such quasi-
[00:04:43] political, circus-like, in essence, activities. The institution
[00:04:46] of the presidency is also not spoiled by society's love, with a trust rating of only
[00:04:50] 27%, which is even lower than Trump's ratings, which fluctuate
[00:04:54] between 30-40%.
[00:04:56] It's noteworthy that the most modest figures are for institutions that pass
[00:05:00] laws and ensure their enforcement. All American
[00:05:04] media are now criticizing President Donald Trump as almost the main
[00:05:08] traitor of national interests. They write that the war with Iran was started
[00:05:11] incorrectly, not in the right way, but how can one be proud of their country
[00:05:15] when their own people speak of it exclusively in negative
[00:05:18] tones? In fact, American citizens have no special reasons for
[00:05:22] pride right now, or they are critically few.
[00:05:26] Such a fall of the house of democracy has several
[00:05:29] reasons: political paralysis. Americans have been promised
[00:05:32] for years to solve problems of healthcare, migration,
[00:05:35] national debt, and crime, but Washington has repeatedly
[00:05:39] proven incapable of taking sustainable action.
[00:05:43] Second, society is split into two incompatible worldviews.
[00:05:46] For one America, the main threat is authoritarianism and
[00:05:50] restrictions on rights; for the other, open borders,
[00:05:53] crime, and rising prices. The political
[00:05:56] leadership also does not inspire much hope. Over the years, the White House increasingly
[00:06:00] resembles not a center of the free world, but rather
[00:06:03] a nursing home whose residents have started a high-stakes
[00:06:07] gamble. We saw President Joe Biden throughout his
[00:06:11] presidency wandering around with the lost look of someone who forgot
[00:06:14] why they went to the kitchen. He radiated about as much
[00:06:18] authority as a melting ice cream cone. Then came
[00:06:21] the second series of President Trump, which many didn't even ask for.
[00:06:25] He turned the Oval Office into a family business and began to
[00:06:28] govern the country with tweets written in all caps. Trump
[00:06:31] promised to keep America out of new wars, but then he himself approved
[00:06:35] military actions against Iran, dragging the country into another
[00:06:38] costly Middle Eastern conflict. Viewers are beginning to understand that
[00:06:42] the pilots are fighting over the controls more than flying
[00:06:45] the plane.
[00:06:51] Americans' trust in the media is also undermined and at an historical
[00:06:54] low. There is no longer objectivity, only propaganda, they exclaim
[00:06:58] across the ocean. And even the owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos,
[00:07:01] admitted that American media had fallen below
[00:07:05] the plinth. The main reason for the loss of reputation of American media is
[00:07:09] that they have become an instrument of the political agenda.
[00:07:12] Many large news companies admit that they cover
[00:07:16] events in favor of certain political parties and leaders.
[00:07:19] Publications such as CNN, The New York Times, and the same Washington Post
[00:07:23] are considered platforms for the Democratic Party. Finding
[00:07:26] positive information about Trump in them is almost impossible,
[00:07:29] unlike Fox News, which adheres to so-called
[00:07:32] conservative views. In conditions of information warfare,
[00:07:36] the sides use the dirtiest methods against each other. Seeing all
[00:07:39] this bacchanalia, the average American has practically stopped trusting
[00:07:43] traditional mainstream media. Only 14%
[00:07:46] trust television. The media have turned into party
[00:07:50] camps. Democratic voters watch certain channels, Republican
[00:07:53] others. And the same event receives two opposite
[00:07:57] interpretations. And while Fox News reports how Trump heroically
[00:08:01] defeats Iran, the hosts of popular evening shows in the US make him,
[00:08:05] pardon me,
[00:08:06] an idiot.
[00:08:09] Only a miracle will save Trump, no one trusts him. His numbers are going
[00:08:13] to hell. Let's help him. He wants to save Spirit
[00:08:17] Airlines by spending half a billion dollars on the company,
[00:08:20] but neither it, nor Trump, can be saved anymore. Let's spend money
[00:08:24] just so he's no longer there. I flew Airlines, I
[00:08:28] lived under Trump's term. Neither can be saved.
[00:08:31] One-sided presentation, bias, publication of fakes and unverified
[00:08:35] data, the audience is tired of lies and manipulations. Right now,
[00:08:39] the press in America is about supporting lies. It's all
[00:08:43] about money, you can't fix CNN, you can't fix
[00:08:46] Fox News or NBC, CBS, and so on. CNN today
[00:08:50] has completely lost the trust of the American people. We once
[00:08:53] had the coolest journalists. My friend, Seymour Hersh,
[00:08:56] is famous worldwide as an investigative journalist.
[00:08:59] Today, all mainstream media refuse him, they don't want the truth,
[00:09:03] that is, corporate interests have seized the means of mass
[00:09:06] information. Now, I think a unique dynamic
[00:09:10] has formed. Over the past five years, they have uttered so much lies that are easily
[00:09:14] exposed, that they have simply undermined the trust of
[00:09:17] the American people, and I am glad about this, because it allows us
[00:09:21] to reason more rationally and independently and better understand
[00:09:24] the world. I think that overall, this is precisely what undermines
[00:09:28] Americans' trust in the media, they see that they largely
[00:09:31] exaggerate some events, while others, on the contrary,
[00:09:34] keep silent, although they shouldn't. This brings no benefit
[00:09:37] to the media themselves, so I don't understand why they
[00:09:40] continue to act this way, even though
[00:09:42] people no longer trust them. Perhaps they should sometimes
[00:09:46] stick to the truth, but they seem completely uninterested
[00:09:49] in it, possibly because propaganda has always
[00:09:53] worked, and helped guide people in
[00:09:56] the right
[00:09:57] direction.
[00:10:01] The split in America runs not only through party headquarters and television
[00:10:05] channels; it runs through families, cities, and entire states. The reason
[00:10:09] for this is illegal immigrants.
[00:10:15] For Republicans, the southern border has become a symbol of the state losing
[00:10:18] control. For Democrats, strict deportation policies are a threat to human
[00:10:22] rights. Another division:
[00:10:25] abortions. The political system of the USA
[00:10:29] has created an absolutely unstable,
[00:10:32] explosive construct, where the split truly
[00:10:36] goes not only through states, but it goes not only through
[00:10:40] political parties, it goes through families,
[00:10:43] through brothers, through citizens of the same
[00:10:46] city, and if this is not stopped, and if
[00:10:50] politicians do not realize that the exploitation of such
[00:10:53] dangerous social instruments
[00:10:56] will lead to a global catastrophe, and it will be
[00:11:00] a truly bloody massacre, as they like to show in Hollywood
[00:11:03] movies, then I have the worst
[00:11:07] news for them: it will all end exactly
[00:11:10] as they portray themselves on the big
[00:11:14] screens. The economy, prices are rising, fuel prices are increasing due to the war with Iran,
[00:11:18] and this is against the backdrop of rumors of pure chaos in the White
[00:11:21] House. The war not only consumes Trump's presidency, but
[00:11:25] also affects the president himself. During a recent
[00:11:28] meeting in the Oval Office, he lashed out at Iranian
[00:11:31] leaders, calling them scumbags and lunatics in an uncensored
[00:11:35] tirade. Concerns are growing about his physical health
[00:11:38] and mental stability. Donald's condition is deteriorating
[00:11:42] right before our eyes, a close confidant who regularly sees him told me this
[00:11:45] week in Washington. His physical and
[00:11:49] mental health is worsening. Those around him
[00:11:52] don't know what to do about it, the situation can only get worse. He
[00:11:55] is 80 years old, and it shows, but it's not just about age or declining
[00:11:59] cognitive abilities that can affect those entering their
[00:12:03] ninth decade. Trump criticizes everyone
[00:12:06] and everything, expressing frustration at the lack of any decent
[00:12:10] options currently facing him. Agree, not
[00:12:13] the best characteristic for a man with his finger on the nuclear button.
[00:12:17] It seems that Trump, who tried to bend the changing world, has
[00:12:21] bent himself. 70% of Americans believe in the economy,
[00:12:35] only a third of state residents are ready to support the line of the US
[00:12:38] president and his Republican Party in the congressional elections
[00:12:42] this fall. Unable to unite
[00:12:45] the disparate 50 states, Trump pulled out of the attic of history
[00:12:49] the main bugbear of the 20th century - communism. White House
[00:12:52] political strategists are trying to frighten the electorate.
[00:13:25] it did not become such a blitzkrieg, that
[00:13:28] it did not hit Iran
[00:13:32] as much as initially desired, many, of course, are changing their
[00:13:35] minds.
[00:13:40] But the worst will happen if, after the congressional elections, the losing
[00:13:43] side refuses to accept the results. Trump has repeatedly
[00:13:46] hinted at this and even tried to cancel the elections,
[00:13:50] but it didn't work. The Trump administration is experiencing
[00:13:54] a heightened sense of risk regarding
[00:13:56] an unfavorable outcome of the vote, which is prompting
[00:14:00] preparation for worst-case scenarios, including intensified
[00:14:03] investigations and summonses to hearings if Democrats gain control
[00:14:07] of Congress, the publication states. White House lawyers are holding closed
[00:14:10] briefings for political appointees, explaining the procedures for
[00:14:13] congressional oversight and recommendations for interacting with
[00:14:16] lawmakers. During these meetings, which, according to insiders, last about
[00:14:20] 30 minutes, employees are instructed on how to properly respond
[00:14:24] to congressional inquiries and what precautions to observe
[00:14:27] when conducting correspondence. It turns out
[00:14:30] paranoia is not only about communism, and such tectonic shifts at the top
[00:14:33] have affected ordinary people: they stopped believing the government, stopped
[00:14:37] being proud of the country, stopped watching television, and these indicators
[00:14:40] are far more painful for the US than a national debt of 40 trillion dollars, which
[00:14:44] by the way, grows by approximately 25 billion dollars per
[00:14:47] day. In such a state, the US met its
[00:14:50] 250th anniversary. The crisis of institutions will manifest itself
[00:14:54] fully. Russia, in the upcoming elections, the losing side
[00:14:57] obviously will not recognize their legitimacy. Republicans will
[00:15:01] blame Democrats for postal fraud and collusion with
[00:15:04] foreign lobbyists who do not like Trump's policies. So, in
[00:15:08] 2027, we expect a further deepening of the divide
[00:15:12] in America. The self-proclaimed greatest country
[00:15:15] in the world is highly polarized, this is the most alarming trend in American
[00:15:18] reality. Democrats support some, Republicans others.
[00:15:22] Individual states live their own lives and sometimes do not listen to the White House.
[00:15:26] The nation is fractured, internal contradictions only
[00:15:28] increase. Political scientists increasingly ask: will the state
[00:15:32] collapse? Trump is taking a series
[00:15:35] of radical measures on issues that concern citizens: migration,
[00:15:39] economy, electoral legislation, and a number of
[00:15:42] states are resisting this: the legal systems of individual
[00:15:46] states are clashing fiercely with Trump's federal
[00:15:48] initiatives. At a certain point, Trump sends federal
[00:15:52] law enforcement agencies, like the National Guard, into these states.
[00:15:56] This is indeed one of the prerequisites for the collapse of the state, but without any
[00:15:59] radical changes, this process will continue for another 20-30
[00:16:03] years. The level of mutual hatred is off the charts
[00:16:06] at 77%.
[00:16:37] pay the bill, have a beer, and be left alone, but they
[00:16:41] are stuck in a frozen virtual reality, created to
[00:16:44] unleash their worst impulses. America suffers not
[00:16:48] so much from a lack of worthy citizens, as from a structural
[00:16:51] failure of the institutions meant to serve them. Millions of people see
[00:16:55] no reason to celebrate the 250th anniversary.
[00:16:59] Criticizing them for their lack of patriotism, we miss
[00:17:02] the point. In reality, it is just the deadly weariness
[00:17:05] of an impoverished, broken population, tired of
[00:17:09] hearing that the patient is healthy, when they see with their own eyes on
[00:17:13] the screen how the heart rate turns into a flat line,
[00:17:16] foreshadowing imminent demise. A very concrete
[00:17:19] summary of public sentiment, as they say, from within.
[00:17:23] It is quite symptomatic that the upcoming electoral race for congressional seats
[00:17:26] is becoming the most expensive in history. For advertising alone, both parties
[00:17:30] plan to spend 12 billion dollars.
[00:17:33] Apparently, public trust will have to be bought.
[00:17:41] The US still possesses the strongest military, the most powerful economy, and
[00:17:44] incredible technical potential, but all of this will melt like tears in
[00:17:48] the rain if a big explosion occurs internally, which is possible not in
[00:17:52] theory, but already this coming November at the elections. Such low trust ratings
[00:17:55] in the government are not even statistics, but a warning:
[00:17:59] political winter for the states could be
[00:18:02] very close.
[00:18:03] Goodbye.