Denying the Death Spiral: America’s Descent and the Coming Reckoning
What Happens if You Refuse to Recognize That We Are in a Death Spiral? You end up in a place of denial, much like an addict who can’t see the wreckage they’re causing. You might notice things aren’t “feeling good” anymore, a general sense of unease that permeates daily life. This is often the first sign, a creeping dread that something is fundamentally wrong. But rather than acknowledging the problem, the response can be to lash out, to blame everyone else, to become defensive and aggressive.
Refusing to see the decline means you’re missing the big picture, the context, the patterns that have been repeating themselves.… Continue reading
Matt Underwood 
John Q. Hosedrinker