The Suicide of America II

Collapse is not inevitable; it is a choice

George Noga
Sep 29, 2024

This is the second and final part of “The Suicide of America”. Part one was last week; you can find it on my website www.mllg.us and also in the Substack archives.

The United States of America is committing suicide. It is little solace that much of western civilization is doing the same. America’s suicide is by (1) climate madness; (2) spending and debt; (3) geopolitical weakness; and (4) toxic politics.

The reason I write this blog is a cri de coeur for America and to do my part, however small, to try to prevent the suicide of our beloved republic. I am reminded of the words of Whitaker Chambers.

“It is idle to talk about preventing the wreck of western civilization. It already is a wreck from within. That is why we can do little more than snatch a handful of ashes from the faggots and bury them for the day, ages hence, when a few men may begin again to dare to believe there once was something else and the fortifying knowledge there were those who, at the great nightfall, took loving pains to preserve the tokens of hope and faith.”

Suicide By Climate Madness

I have written extensively about climate change; my most recent post was January 28, 2024 entitled Twelve Inconvenient Truths; you can read it on my website www.mllg.us or in my Substack archives. It was one of my most read posts of all time.

We are spending trillions of dollars on empty, feel-good boondoggles which, even if successful, will lower temperature infinitesimally many decades in the future. We are committing suicide in the name of climate change, while doing absolutely nothing about climate change. Moreover, the trillions being wasted are a major contributor to our suicide by debt and also to our suicide by geopolitical weakness.

“We are committing suicide in the name of climate change, while doing absolutely nothing about climate change.”

To cap off the climate madness, the global population collapse, now well under way, will reduce CO2 below today’s level within a century – and all without spending a nickel. Please see my post of May 19, 2024 entitled The Depopulation Bomb.

Suicide By Spending and Debt

I also have written extensively about the crisis of spending and debt – the most recent post was dated May 5, 2024 and is available on my website and Substack. America is like the Titanic after it hit the iceberg. Things seemed normal for a while but its fate was sealed. The USA has already hit the debt iceberg.

The debt crisis also exacerbates our suicide by geopolitical weakness. We need to ramp up defense spending to 5% of GDP but are unable (and unwilling) because of the already obscene level of debt. America’s suicide by toxic politics also contributes to our weakness by infecting the military with DEI. Because of the emphasis on wokeness, we are unable to recruit enough soldiers and some of the soldiers we now have are unable to perform up to standard due to DEI compliance.

Suicide By Geopolitical Weakness

America faces a constellation of geopolitical threats, including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. China is poised to take Taiwan; Russia will not stop at Ukraine and the ayatollahs in Iran have enough fissile material for at least three atomic bombs with more on the way. North Korea is waiting for the right opportunity to invade the South. Even more menacingly, our enemies have formed an entente. Our worst nightmare would be if they all acted together.

Last year the US military fell 41,000 short of its enlisted recruiting goal – and that was after the goal had been lowered due to prior recruiting problems. Wokeness and DEI changed the culture of the military so that it no longer appeals to its traditional source of recruits. Families with a tradition of military service are discouraging the current generation from joining the armed forces. How does this end, a smaller military or reinstating the draft and unleashing protests on college campuses?

The bottom line is we need to spend more – much more – on defense, but we can’t because of the toxic level of debt, wokeness and lack of national will.

Suicide By Toxic Politics

Our politics have become radioactive and are starting to mirror that of banana republics. We are trying to bankrupt and jail political opponents on manufactured charges. We have different standards for people depending on their politics. In much of America it is impossible to get an untainted jury pool. Polls show most Americans no longer believe there is equal justice under law.

Our toxic politics are a large part of of the reason we are unable to deal with matters critical to the survival of our republic such as illegal immigration, defense spending, military recruitment, imminent bankruptcy from spending and debt and the collapse of Social Security and Medicare as now constituted.

Suicide of the United States of America

A civilization can commit hari-kari but once. Rather than one instrument of suicide, America’s likely will result from a combination of pathogens: (1) climate madness; (2) debt default; (3) geopolitical defeat; and (4) toxic politics. I take no satisfaction being a Cassandra; but her warnings, which were ignored, all were true.

Although my reason for writing this blog is to prevent the suicide of America, I have a secondary motive. If America commits suicide, I want our children and our children’s children to know there once was a shining city on a hill lighted by the fire of liberty and there were some of us who preserved the embers of that fire until some future day when the embers could be used to reignite the torch of liberty.

© 2024 George Noga
More Liberty – Less Government, Post Office Box 916381
Longwood, FL 32791-6381, Email: mllg@cfl.rr.com

The Suicide of America

“Civilizations die from suicide and not murder.”

George Noga
Sep 22, 2024

This is the first of two parts. This part explains how the collapse of civilizations applies to America in 2024. Part two, posted next week, explains how the USA is committing suicide by climate madness, suffocating debt, toxic politics and geopolitical weakness.

The above quote is from historian Arnold Toynbee who explored the rise and fall of civilizations. His tome, “A Study of History”, determined civilizations usually collapse from internal failure rather than external conquest. The most notable internal collapse is the Roman Empire; others include the Mayan Civilization, Indus Valley, Anasazi of the American southwest and the Khmer at Angkor Wat.

a large gray suitcase sitting on top of a wooden stand

Toynbee posited that civilizations decline when they fail to effectively respond to challenges – usually due to internal failures stemming from a loss of moral and cultural vitality. Toynbee identified four key causes of civilization collapse.

1. Moral Decay

When the cultural and moral values that once unified and motivated a civilization deteriorate, the society loses its sense of purpose and direction. America ascended in no small part due to widely shared moral and religious beliefs and values. Today everything is relative; there is no agreement about right and wrong. We can’t even define what a women is and we place tampons in boys’ restrooms.

2. Leadership Failure

Dynamic leaders initially drive a civilization’s growth. Over time, leaders become venal and corrupt. There is no better example than Roman emperors Caligula, Nero and Tiberius. America today is marked by venal, corrupt and inept leaders.

America’s current president is physically and cognitively a mess; he is a serial plagiarist and has engaged in influence peddling, money laundering and bribery. Our current vice president, and nominee for president, is a socialist who is an equity hire who got ahead the old fashioned way. Her choice for VP is also a socialist and has lied about his past. Neither has worked a single day in the private sector.

3. Social Fragmentation

As the elite become more detached from the general population, social cohesion breaks down leading to fragmentation. America in 2024 already is there. Bicoastal elites matriculate in different schools and school their children differently. They work in different jobs, eschew religion and have different politics and culture. The elites don’t watch the same movies or TV shows, read the same books, dine at the same restaurants, drive the same cars or vacation in the same places.

Elites don’t even look the same due to different notions about diet, exercise, piercings, tattoos, dress and cosmetic surgery. Their language, speech and grammar differ. They avoid the military and police; they disdain hunting, fishing and firearms. They reside in different cities, but share the same continent with culturally opposed groups. They intermarry and have children who are even more elite. We now have third generation elites who know little of the people in flyover land. Most elites don’t know one evangelical Christian or someone without a college degree.

4. Economic and Political Stagnation

Without effective leadership and moral clarity, economic and political systems fail to address new challenges and crises. Nothing illustrates this better than the current US spending and debt crisis. At bottom, this is a moral crisis because we deliberately chose to take from our children and grandchildren rather than to control our own spending. To make matters worse, the money we stole was not put to good use. Instead of borrowing to save our nation from calamity, we stole to fund a perpetual bacchanal. We have bankrupted the most prosperous nation in history.

Suicide is a Choice

Many civilizations have survived for a very long time such as Japan, Tonga and New Guinea. Therefore, collapse – or suicide – is not inevitable. Rather, suicide is the result of the choices we make. The four key causes of civilization collapse identified by Toynbee all are present in America today and are growing more pernicious. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that America is choosing suicide.

© 2024 George Noga
More Liberty – Less Government, Post Office Box 916381
Longwood, FL 32791-6381, Email: mllg@cfl.rr.com