This thread is a perfect example of exactly why I posted my "Prediction" thread a couple of weeks ago. Here we have a bunch of doomsayers gnashing their teeth (tooth) over the inevitable destruction of the United States. There are countless other example threads, covering the gamut of reasons, from economic, to military, to culture.
I offered up a thread for the Gloomy Gus Group to predict WHEN the U.S. would cease to exist. Not one took up the challenge, even though I thought I gave a generous window of one decade. I did include that I wasn't looking for answers that included a date in the past due to some controversial event. That's too easy. I was looking for dates, within a 10 year range, of when we would give up the ghost as a country.
Not one brave soul put it out there.