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Is America ungovernable?

It's a really curious watch right now and would be great if we weren't all so involved (as mentioned above)

Not exactly to answer the question quoted, but, two books I found to be a good read recently

Colossus by Niall Ferguson and Blood and Oil by Michael Klare.

Both put some interesting words to the fragility of things and the especially the addiction to the petro-dollar.

Rgds,
Nick