Part of our national identity is not being the USA. We’re like the bratty younger sister that thinks we’re better, but is cut from the same cloth. Now we are getting warmer and warmer weather, that used to belong to the States. Our population hugs the Southern border, but the area with nice weather will expand as will our value and capabilities.

The placebo effect can be incredibly powerful, and remains so to this day. So in that sense, some of the ‘magic’ was not patched out.