I'm gonna back up and re-start at EK's question about Nazi Germany and Dread's sidestep.

The question wasn't really the fall of civilization, but if the US could decline into something similar to a horrid State as Nazi Germany. Again, such a rapid decline is improbable. For the US, with social media and today's culture such a decline would need to be in small bites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VgrktRgjBXk