LESSONS NEVER LEARNT

"Two Americas, the mythic America and the real America -- harsh reality alongside the dream. It was prosperous and it was parched and I began to see this era as a spiritual drought. I started thinking about the desert, and what came together was quite a clear picture of where I was at personally -- a little off-kilter in my emotional life but very much waking up as a writer and as a commentator on what I saw around me, my love of America and my fear of what America could become." - Bono

He must mean ... "what America HAS BECOME." Bono was talking about his Joshua Tree album. You'd think he's talking about what's happening right now.  Are lessons really learnt?  To be great again, America would've had to be great.