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Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world by LordFast on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:40PM (#23977637)
Overly optimistic about the past gone by, overly pessimistic about the present and future. This does seem to reflect a big part of the American psyche as it stands today.

It was likely neither that good nor this bad. Moving away from such a mindset is the best way to get out of the vicious cycle.

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Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world by newsbinator on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:59PM (#23977921)
> Overly optimistic about the past gone by, overly pessimistic about the present and future.

That seems to be the backdrop of Asimov's Foundation series, about the fall of the Galactic Empire... which was itself modeled after "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire".

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