Remember "The Lord of the Rings"? There was a line towards the end about how the "... the sun was falling in the West"? Can't think of it straight off, but I'm getting that feeling now. To me, it seems the recent foundations of America, and by proxy the Western world, were built on lies and subterfuge to satisfy the ones with more privilege.
After the 1929 stock market crash, the most popular graffiti for several years after was, "They're killing the little guy". This time, I think "they" mean to do it - literally. They've already done the financial three-card-monty act, so what's to stop our planet's power-brokers from culling the herd... not enough gasoline and chocolate for everyone ya know....