{"id":16655,"date":"2018-08-10T22:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T22:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=16655"},"modified":"2018-08-10T22:33:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T22:33:10","slug":"americas-third-world-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/americas-third-world-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Third-World Destiny?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16271 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/logoinside.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"45\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the end, it may be part of a nation&#8217;s destiny.<\/p>\n<p>In the news of late: Fox TV host Laura Ingraham, fretting over the demographic make-up of America.<\/p>\n<p>The same angst has been expressed by other commentators, and the president himself.<\/p>\n<p>Many in the general populace share the concern: that the ethnic identity of the U.S. is now in its past, with Caucasians &#8212; once the dominant group &#8212; within a couple decades destined to be a minority, as they are already in once Beach-Boy-white California.<\/p>\n<p>The anxiety, in many ways, is understandable: whites fear retribution from those who have felt (rightly or wrongly) like oppressed minorities, and now have somewhat of an upper hand.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the economic side: fear that many immigrants will turn the nation into one where the impoverished too heavily outweigh the middle class. Meanwhile, the gap between rich and poor has never been greater &#8212; leading the wealthy to fear an outright revolt\u00a0<em>a la<\/em> the French Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Is it all in the cards?<\/p>\n<p>As our borders have crumbled, and as the landscape of many major states has radically changed &#8212; resembling Mexico or Nicaragua or Honduras more than the United States, in some cases &#8212; a prophecy by former atheist, now preacher, Howard Storm comes to mind, in which he said &#8212; quoting angels, during a near-death experience &#8212; that because of its failings (including sharing wealth and hygenic and other technology with nations in need), it was going to be reduced to a third-world nation, with shortages of resources and internal turmoil and conflict.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen the glimmerings of all of the above.<\/p>\n<p>Recall the aftermaths of &#8220;Katrina&#8221; and &#8220;Irma&#8221; and September 11 (when our transportation infrastructure collapsed).<\/p>\n<p>Is it destiny?<\/p>\n<p>Better asked: is there time to share our blessings &#8212; to reverse course &#8212; and to focus on improving the outlooks of those who continue to enter this great nation? If so, will the immigrants cooperate &#8212; working at attaining the status of middle class and forsaking opposition to those who are in power; or is the end-game etched in theric stone?<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"commentary\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1533940253\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"America&#8217;s Third-World Destiny?\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the end, it may be part of a nation&#8217;s destiny. 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