The Biggest Threat to America’s Future Is ... America - The New Yorker

The Biggest Threat to America’s Future Is ... America - The New Yorker the widespread recognition that America can’t do everything coexists with a set of outdated presumptions and practices, which still dominate many policy discussions in Washington and are already doing considerable harm to the U.S.’s standing. If these nostrums and patterns of behavior aren’t updated, they will end up doing far more damage. Indeed, it’s barely an exaggeration to say that the real threat to American power and influence comes from within America itself, specifically from its increasingly dysfunctional political system.http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/the-biggest-threat-to-americas-future-is-america?mbid=nl_031815_Daily&CNDID=20148007&mbid=nl_031815_Daily&CNDID=20148007&spMailingID=7592962&spUserID=MjUwMzA5MTQ5MzES1&spJobID=641593652&spReportId=NjQxNTkzNjUyS0%20&utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e906a82654-Sinocism03_22_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-e906a82654-29615013&mc_cid=e906a82654&mc_eid=5935182a65