Ribit, I want to say...I actually tear up when I think of the US disintegrating. As far as I know, the US is the only decent example of a Constitutional Republic in the world.
As far as I know (educate me if you know of another), before the US Republic was founded in 1791 (http://www.britannica.com/topic/Bill-of-Rights-United-States-Constitution) you have to go back to ancient Rome -- hundreds of years before Julius Caesar (so think 500 BC): http://www.britannica.com/place/Roman-Republic.
And when we go down, there is NO real light left in this world to promote limited government.
And we gave that up for ...what?... What EXACTLY? It is incredibly sad, how stupidly we played our hand. We did EXACTLY what I think China, in particular, wanted. China and the Fascists in the WEF.