I think this song is about how America has been a major power in the world (we still are) but now we have also become one of the more poor countries with the financial recession. This song kinda goes with the whole "we're only gonna die from our own arrogance" thing cuz forever us americans thought, oh ya we can just spend money like apeshit and we'll be alright, but now the economies fucked and people are finding different.
I think this song is about how America has been a major power in the world (we still are) but now we have also become one of the more poor countries with the financial recession. This song kinda goes with the whole "we're only gonna die from our own arrogance" thing cuz forever us americans thought, oh ya we can just spend money like apeshit and we'll be alright, but now the economies fucked and people are finding different.