When Will Americans, Heed The Warning?

  I often study famous civilizations. I have often wondered what causes a great civilizations decline and eventual downfall. Almost without exception, I have found two basic characteristics that seem to be evident just before the fall of any great nation or civilization. First, moral apathy or decay, and second an  abundance of comfort and affluence  which leads  to a complete dependence on state government.I recently came across this quote from President Dwight D Eisenhower, I believe his words of warning definitely apply to many in America today. President Eisenhower, said the following words of  warning, "Every step we take toward making the state the caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the state our master."
  These words of warning, should be shouted on every rooftop. Americans, in many cases are quiet content to lay down their basic freedoms in exchange for comfort and self indulgence. I assure you however, this is a very false sense of security.Most civilizations,  reach a point, where they feel so great they stop being diligent and cautious, and slowly turn in to a nation or  civilization that becomes decadent and careless not long after this occurs a great nation or civilization collapses. Just like President Eisenhower, I fear that if  the American people do not not wake up from  their  slumber of  self indulgence and government dependence America as a nation may be only a few years from total collapse then the nation we have known and loved will be nothing more than a memory recorded in the pages of  history. As Always, my friends, these thoughts remain, just, some words, to think on.