I turn 56 this August, and must say that I both am happy that I probably won't be around when this country completely implodes and am very sorry for the youth of today who are going to grow up in the mess in which this country has and will become.
Growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1970s and 1980s, I know that a lot of things weren't great back then, especially economically. However, this country, even after the Vietnam War malaise and scandals like Watergate, had a sense of being special, and a certain leader who came into office in 1981 did begin a brief revival and restored pride and the can-do attitude. However, that has disappeared totally now. In fact, this country, especially at the federal level, is being run like a Central American Banana Republic and has become unbelievably corrupt and morally bankrupt. Other than that, everything is going really well.