signs that our nation is rotting from the inside. part 1

I think the USA is rotting from the inside. The main reason is that we hate each other. We are cynical, greedy, lazy and have no cohesive glue binding us together. The USA may be a country and a sovereign state, but we are not a nation. The only commonality that Americans share is our laws. But our laws have run a muck. We are way over litigious and so ready to drop a dime and press charges for the littlest thing that we are all prisoners. And the cops can't help. They are trapped within a system that forces them to follow orders, even when it doesn't make a drop of sense.
Example.
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-naked-kitchen,0,7977988.story

this guy was arrested for being naked in his own home. The greatest country on the planet overreacts again!