It's Going to Be Okay - Wait But Why

"And remember—this is hardly the first time half of America has been apoplectic about the lunatic they just elected as their president. And we’ve always survived. And we will here too." This bit of inductive reasoning is true - until it isn't, which has always happened in the history of past dominant empires.
See: http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/11/its-going-to-be-okay.html Cross-posted from Facebook via IFTTT