Happy Fourth: How close is America to being a failed state?

As a non-duopoly independent leftist, this is not an idle question on the 245th anniversary of the passing of our Declaration of Independence.

Four main issues lead discussion of this, followed by some others.

The first is climate change, including both the denialism by many wingnuts and the denialism of just JUST how serious it is by most elected-level Democrats, and indirectly, by #BlueAnon backers.

If you included all the carbon dioxide pollution, along with other pollution, despite some tightening of pollution there since the Clinton years, that the US has exported to China, we're still really the world's largest CO2 emitter. And, as wingnuts either still continue to deny this is a thing at all, or else minimize it, even in the face of the latest heatwave, it's not good.

It's also not good that the best Status Quo Joe can even talk about is a watered-down version of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's already watered down Green New Deal, the original being stolen from the Green Party by the Sunrise Movement, essentially the youth division of Gang Green neoliberal environmentalist group Sierra Club.

Per David Wallace-Wells, we're already entering a permanent climate emergency. Details from a leaked report at the most recent climate meetings here.

America, as the richest nation on earth, will find it harder and harder to move office towers in places facing more climate change flooding ... places like New York and Miami. Our nation's capital will face more of this in the future. And, the petrochemical industry adding to the problem will face this in southern Louisiana and Houston (and likely expect a bailout).

Second is energy in general. How are we going to get enough energy not only to replace the fossil fuels used for air conditioning, heating and manufacturing, but also to stop building fossil fuel cars? Sorry, some Greens, but I don't see this being possible without nuclear power. And, you carmakers who say you'll build electrics only by 2035, what are YOU doing to make sure your cars will have juice by then? Nuclear power is not perfect. Concrete containment domes and the work of mining are carbon emitters; that said, mining lithium also generates carbon. There is the security issue. Security can be fixed; it will take money, but it can be fixed. On-site waste disposal should be part of the issue. But, this will surely add to tearing America apart.

Second, part 2? To the degree America still depends on oil? Fracking's day is dying and it's back to the Saudis and the rest of OPEC more and more.

Third is income inequality. It's already as bad as Mexico, and likely will slide further.

Fourth is lack of national healthcare. As income inequality increases, and private health insurance, when offered by a job, also increases, this pinches more and more. Three and four combined will probably affect tribalism on the right with neoliberal Dems continuing to refuse to have answers in the center.

So, by the time all-electric car fleets start hitting in 2035, it will probably be too late. Compared to where we're at today, the U.S. will probably be on an irreversible slide to be at least a semi-failed state.

That said, the people who need to be convinced of this — leaders of and voters for duopoly parties — won't be. American exceptionalism reigns supreme.