Things fall apart in the United States — and Canada takes a hard look in the mirror - CBC News

The United States has offered the world a demonstration of how things can fall apart — not in one cataclysmic moment, but slowly and steadily over a long period of time as institutions and ideas erode and crumble.

Every other country on earth has to deal with the ramifications of what’s happening now in the U.S. But beyond those consequences, there’s another question for every other democracy: how do you make sure your own country doesn’t end up like that?

They say that one’s only purpose in life may be to serve as a warning to others. I hope our country hasn’t deteriorated to that point.