Corporations begin utilizing their control of the country
You can expect to see more of this sort of thing: changing our legal system (our government) to allow corporations to do whatever the hell they want, with impunity. (We’ve seen that new reality in operation already, with the lack of pushback to the financial industry after their raid on the public treasury.)
Interesting that the collapse of the American Imperium is going this route. But I imagine we’ll see a lot more thrashing about as the giant goes through its death throes. For the Roman Empire, the collapse took centuries, but things seem to move faster these days.
