@eye-of-horus-42 saidI've been hearing that for 40 years now.
Is the beginning of the end of USA as world superpower ???.
Don't think so-
@eye-of-horus-42 saidThe seeds of the decline were sown in the 70’s and early 80’s.
Is the beginning of the end of USA as world superpower ???.
Bowing to the religious right, unfettered capitalism, etc.
This has, in short, led to mismanagement, outsourcing of labour, ever more polarisation and encamped mentalities.
The Tea party, Maga, trump, anti-science movements; they are all consequences of this. And I don’t see how it can be turned.
So, yeah, the US is doomed. It will destroy itself from within. I would reckon that the country will split in our lifetimes.
@eye-of-horus-42 saidRome fell, Persia fell, the sun eventually set on the British empire, America will fall, too.
Is the beginning of the end of USA as world superpower ???.
It will not be conquered by military force from without (the Chinese are smart enough not to try to go head-to-head with America's military might, but Putin might be stupid enough to risk military confrontation).
Trump is right, that the enemy is within, but he's pointing his too-small finger at the wrong culprits.
@eye-of-horus-42 saidWhy do you keep opening these threads?
Is the beginning of the end of USA as world superpower ???.
Haven't got the answer you're looking for yet?
@shavixmir saidI think the beginning was Reagan.
The seeds of the decline were sown in the 70’s and early 80’s.
Bowing to the religious right, unfettered capitalism, etc.
This has, in short, led to mismanagement, outsourcing of labour, ever more polarisation and encamped mentalities.
The Tea party, Maga, trump, anti-science movements; they are all consequences of this. And I don’t see how it can be turned.
So ...[text shortened]... ed. It will destroy itself from within. I would reckon that the country will split in our lifetimes.
Certainly, disco didn't help.
@eye-of-horus-42 saidBut can't you find any other topic to survey people besides impending doom?
@Suzianne I like to know how people at the forum think,