>>>While I don't disagree with those countries being much more primed for an uprising, you suggested I Compare with stable First World nations and a different picture may emerge.
>>>I was citing 3 which are closer than the US, IMHO
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>You selected unstable First World countries. How about stable First World countries such as the one I cited: Switzerland?
Update : Cleaned up sentence structure.
My point was to point out other first world nations which are in far worse shape than the US and which may serve as a real time example to our citizens since their fall looks likely to occur before ours. I wouldn't make the comparison to Switzerland because I do not see the same risk.
FWIW: While I believe the examples will be before our eyes in my lifetime I have no delusions. Our citizens will blissfully ignore the obvious parallels while watching nanosecond bits of it on youtwitfacegram before becoming bored and hashtagging a picture of their lunch to noone.
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