I have read your full post (I always do, despite what you may think) and I am pleased to see that it is far less RWNJ than usual.
One question: I hear this a lot, from many different people of all political persuasions, and I always ask them to explain HOW “our nation is sinking fast” (to use your words). I have yet to receive a satisfactory answer to that question, yet everyone says the country is going to pot.