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Asoft landing for America 40 years from now? Don't bet on it. The demise of the United States as the global superpower could come far more quickly than anyone imagines. If Washington is dreaming of 2040 or 2050 as the end of the American Century, a more realistic assessment of domestic and global trends suggests that in 2025, just 15 years from now, it could all be over except for the shouting. Despite the aura of omnipotence most empires project, a look at their history should remind us that they are fragile organisms. So delicate is their ecology of power that, when things start to go truly bad, empires regularly unravel with unholy speed: just a year for Portugal, two years for the Soviet Union, eight years for France, 11 years for the Ottomans, 17 years for Great Britain, and, in all likelihood, 22 years for the United States, counting from the crucial year 2003.
8. Mass Hysteria
Looking at you, anti-vaxxers.
And Q-Anoners.
And cancel culturists.
And people who vote for Republicans and Democrats.
America is now filled with conspiracy theorists, signaling a total breakdown in personal understanding, civic goodwill, institutional trust, and national unity.
originally posted by: St Udio
War Lords run the All The Lands which are not the 20 or so metro-Areas run by the Fascist-Party (radical awake democratz)
originally posted by: Waterglass
In lieu of the above back in 2020 I bought some cheap land on the ocean, 80 feet above sea level but with beach access. Simply as a bug out if the above begins to come true. That’s why I am vaccinated. To play their game. However, that doesn’t guarantee me anything.
By Alfred McCoy Published December 6, 2010 8:01PM (EST)
originally posted by: wdkirk
Definitely and anti-America piece of drivel.
Opinion piece at best.