America in Crisis

It has finally happened!  Our dedication to the average person has finally failed us.  In my book, Burnt Offerings (2008), it was clear that our country was headed into chaos and would be vulnerable to authoritarianism.  I have thought for years that all this permissiveness and tearing apart of anything traditional must come to an end.  Western civilization itself is in crisis as dependency takes precedence over more anxiousness.  The idea of independence, and hence freedom, have been given up as we chose dependence in the form of corrupt government.  Statistical data bear this out when we see that about 59 % of our population is now mentally ill.

According to my book, Burnt Offerings, the National Institute of Mental Health (2007) estimates that there are about 95 million untreated users of mental health services annually.  This figure combined with the ninety million annually who do receive treatment suggests that a large segment of our population is in need of treatment.  That is about 59% of our population.  It is my thought that mentally ill people would be much more likely to vote for dependence than for the independence that comes with earning what you have.