Ten reasons for America's decline that are more significant than politics

In an election year that is so intense,
perhaps it is good to remind ourselves why political change is NEVER the ultimate solution.

Ten reasons for America's decline that are more significant than ALL politics

1. The ineffectiveness of churches in connecting their members to truly transcendent Goodness

2. An undercurrent of distrust, resentment and rivalry between the sexes

3. The inability to discuss differences of opinion without defensiveness

4. Shame without mercy; the inability to face one's own wrongdoing

5. Sophisticated technologies that free body and mind from the challenges they need to mature

6. Too often seeing a lack of funds as the root of an issue, when the lack of money is itself caused by a deeper issue

7. Parents who don't know how to parent and who don't care to learn

8. Replacing real relationships with text messages and chat rooms

9. Ignoring problems when they are still small enough to fix

10. Using complex human beings as symbols of one's own prejudices