Russia won the cold war.

Note, of course, that I did not say the Soviet Union there.

Sadly, America is coming second still, so much of its policies
and political rhetoric are still embedded in fighting a war
that never was a real war, and that ended 30 years ago.

America's economic polices, immigration laws, and its last
great asset - the dollar - are used as a means to attempt
to win a power game that nobody else is playing.

The result is that it gains short-term trade advantages
whilst undermining the value of its own production
with cheap imports. Then it makes the problem
worse with protectionist financial decisions.

So its borders have to be ever-more vigilantly policed,
its propaganda becoming increasingly fascist. If it 
had an over-population problem it would have outright
invaded a major nation by now. Thankfully they have
managed to get that issue right. Hopefully it stays that way.

But what is really sad, is the way they still keep loud-hailing
the same old tired cold-war propaganda:

You faked the moon landings, people.
For the love of all that is true,
stop being such a bunch of jingoist
corporate boot-lickers and own up
to your lies. Take a giant step forward
of integrity sometime.