Why America Failed

by Morris Berman

Why America FailedBernie Sanders, who ran for the Democratic presidential primaries in 2016, is gaining ground with the enthusiastic support of American people and young people. The reason for this is that it shows a clear difference from the established politicians who are honest about the present reality of the United States and who have flattered the very few top economic power classes regardless of the party, and have prioritized the public interest over the public interest. Now in the United States, the middle class is an endangered species. The extreme irregularities and poverty gap reached a bizarre level, according to Sanders, the top 1% of the US owns 38% of the countrys wealth and the bottom 60% owns 2.3% do! The United States is the only country in the developed world that does not have public health insurance. The common people do not have the cost of dental treatment, so they pull it out with a pliers. Even if they are middle-class, they can fall into homelessness if they get seriously ill. Is it true that this is the country of those who criticize the dictatorship and corruption of Europe (UK) through the famous Declaration of Independence of the United States and declared that they will build up the ideals of citizenship morality? Social critic Maurice Berman says that what happened at the end of the Roman Empire is equally happening in America in the 21st century. When the empire is dying, the subjects are transformed into small children, ignoring facts and being buried in pleasure. There is nothing that can reverse this course. How did this happen?

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Published October 22, 2015

About the author

Distinguished cultural historian and social critic Morris Berman has spent many years exploring the corrosion of American society and the decline of the American empire. He is the author of the critically acclaimed works The Twilight of American Culture, a New York Times Book Review "Notable Book," and Dark Ages America."