

The individualism that is a consistent cultural framework around all of the US whinging about ‘don’t blame me’ is where the blame lies. Your collective commitment to eschew any collective responsibility. This is fertile soil for fascism, because apathy is all that’s needed for the takeover.
And then the crying and screaming becomes an even bigger export.
Look down at the North Pole. Alaska, Russia, Greenland, Canada. Shipping lanes and oil. Lots of oil.
Putin wants it all. Trump is either a Russian asset or playing the same game, looking ahead 20 years.