Please tell me I'm not the only one that thinks the country is going down the toilet! Or has it been there for a while and people just haven't noticed?
Been there a while, I think many people have noticed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King
Well it has obviously been going on and has never really gone away, but the 'narrative' in the USA for the last decade has mostly been about terrorism, iraq, afghanistan, then the economy. Occupy was prominent in the news for a while. But in the last year I think people are becoming much more conscious of the problems the USA has. I think social media activism / rise in personal devices with good cameras etc has helped bring alot of it to people's attention.