John, thank you for bringing it up so clearly.

There is an easy way out of it, which goes against what most authors and readers on Medium support. I will write a response to your article. It will be at least a few weeks before I will do it. I need to finish other texts first. For those who are impatient, the hints are in my already published writings.

In the meantime, a challenge for readers. I cannot offer a $60,000.00 prize but I will send a $20.00 bill to the first commentator to this article who will name the cause for the increase of the aggressiveness in the United States correctly. To make it formal, let us set 4 weeks, October 17, 2021 deadline. I will try to have my response ready by then as well.

Added on October 14, 2021

I see no takers. I keep the challenge open for the next four weeks, until November 14, 2021.