Is the US a Headless Horseman?

The Gothic prospect of revisiting Europe's corrosive wars, unarmed

The US Congress is reduced to a roiling cauldron of commercial interests - with no declared mandate - nor an effective head of state. The country is a headless horseman with corrupt regents controlling the treasury. This was convenient in a fiat economy, but becomes dangerous at closing time, when IOU’s must be settled - and the old war bills come due.

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