If America Does Not Soon Change, How Long Can it Expect to Keep the Population it Has?

America has an estimated population of over 331 million. But with systemic racism, gun violence, and poverty making "the American Dream" a nightmare, how much is too much to stick around?

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This morning I woke up to the news of another mass shooting in the U.S., this time at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. Eight people were killed, and the gunman died by suicide. As of today (April 16, 2021) there have been 147 reported mass shootings in America. Naively, I assumed that this number was being eleva…