Blending personal narrative, cultural critique, and lyrical fragments, this fiercely intelligent work takes a scalpel to the myths propping up a dying empire. From immigration courts to luxury condos standing vacant beside tent cities, from bureaucratic numbness to the collapse of civic empathy, the author documents America not as it was promised, but as it truly is. Written by a former immigration attorney and self-published dissenter with nothing left to lose, Notes from the Decline speaks to anyone watching the gears grind down and wondering, Is it just me? This isn’t a memoir. It’s a dispatch from the front lines of late capitalism. And it dares to ask: What if collapse isn’t the end—but the invitation