The Worst Hand Ever Dealt

The world is wonderful and glorious. The times of evil have been torn down, and only happiness and wonders await in this world filled with democracies, according to regular dialogue among citizens of the world. What if several institutions squeezed their potential out and proved the opposite of this to be true? In the United States of America, a nation of immigrants and only greatness apparently being the only path ahead, will this be the case?