Arrogance, and using war to avoid consequences for personal bad behavior of the leader.

It’s obviously not the only way. The more likely way is what is happening, a new medieval era with lords and serfs.

That’s one of the flawed arguments used against minimum wage. The answer is, no.

Yeah, morning eastern time Claude is brutal.

By design.

Just like the KGB and Putin's minions, Bin Laden correctly saw fault lines and weaknesses in the US an exploited them. He did what he did with a long-range context in mind. The "three letter agencies" were neutered in the 90s as part of the peace dividend which is why he was successful. The Russians used "active measures" with intelligence in the US 2016 among other times and Bin Laden chose terrorist violence. The Russian misinformation strategy is tried and true and corporate actors now use it successfully as well.

The whole thing sucks. This Iran adventure lays the vulnerability of the US military machine pretty bare. More, escalated conflict is probably in the world's future for decades to come.