By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness - Most Americans know something has gone terribly wrong... They are certain that our wounds are almost all self-inflicted. The current pathologies are not a result of a natural disaster, an exhaustion of natural resources, plagues, or an existential war... Crushing national debt.. spiraling food and fuel costs amid “normal” 7%+ annual inflation, bread-and-circuses entitlements, a nonexistent border, a resurgence of racial tribalism, pandemic violent criminality, and humiliation abroad—all these pathologies are easily cited as symptoms of a sick patient.