Anyway, many of the self-defeating policies that I think of would not cause catastrophic failure in the way that a bad war can… instead, they are the little things that chip away at our prosperity and influence:

1) I would prohibit drug use, and demonize drug users — thereby alienating a substantial portion of the population and motivating gang wars that destabilize neighboring countries.

2) I would tell ambitious, productive, law-abiding immigrants that they are not welcome here.

3) I would maintain a spiteful economic embargo on a neighboring country, thereby providing their rulers with an excuse for the effects of their own economic mismanagement, limiting the economic opportunities available to Americans, and creating conflict with other neighbors.

I would select Supreme Court justices who ignore the Constitution.

I would elect a President who treats the Constitution like toilet paper.

I would support media efforts to promote bigger, more intrusive governments and to denigrate groups such as libertarians and Tea Party participants.

I would push for our President and other politicians to promote racial discord and hatred of those with more money.

I would whittle away at individual freedoms under the cover of safety, security, or crime-fighting.
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Strangely, I don’t want America to fail, but all of the above happened anyway.