We can argue the specifics, such as exactly when the USA died.
Some think that happened only recently, whereas in this children's book version, we abbreviate and circle the Spanish American War as the beginning of the USA's transformation.
The Anti-Imperialist League (Andrew Carnegie, Mark Twain, Jane Addams…) was prescient about the impending singularity, much as WILPF is today (Addams a founder).
