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I gave up on America when Bush got a second term and overall that was the right call.
The fascists have been getting bolder and the "opposition" more feckless and confirmatory the entire time.
But we're also not going to have like a sudden collapse th8ngs will just keep getting worse and worse and people quality of life will continue to decline and as it gets worse people will get more anti social, violent and willfully ignorant.
Rich people and right wingers will be able to murder you in the streets on your way to spend a weeks wages on a days worth of food.
I think this is the most reasoned take. The US is clearly having a very real decline, but it also won't disappear overnight. But the truth is its global relevance will likely only decline from here.