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Lots of people say that, but how would say America's troubles rate next Syria's, say? Or those of post-Soviet Russia?
I think many Americans have a hard time distinguishing "genuine catastrophes" from "the worst things ever to happen in America that I noticed in my lifetime".
It seems to me that the best way to prevent America from hitting troubles similar to those experienced by post-Soviet Russia (in severity if nothing else) is pre-emptively; anyone who suspects that similar, or worse, troubles are going to affect a given country within the near future would be, in my opinion, perfectly justified in taking some effort to turn the country aside from the upcoming troubles.
Mind you, I have no idea how severe America's future troubles could be; I don't have enough information for a reasonable estimate.