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I really doubt the US can maintain it's current status in the long term, I don't even think it can be maintained in the short term. Sure China won't be invading
by flukus 9y ago
I really doubt the US can maintain it's current status in the long term, I don't even think it can be maintained in the short term. Sure China won't be invading US mainland anytime soon, probably never, but they will be dominating the south china sea within the next couple of decades.
The US hegemony was largely a result of a world devastated by WW2, it was never and should never have been seen as a permanent position.
- PatentTroll 9y agoAnd neither should the remarkable prosperity that the US enjoyed during that hegemenony. Much of our current domestic and foreign politics can be viewed through the lens of grasping at straws to maintain/regain that unprecedented run after WWII. It's just not sustainable.
- cryptonector 9y agoGranting the point for argument's sake, would it be better to give up? Mind you, the other ASEAN countries need to do their part.
- cryptonector 9y agoChina's demographics make me doubt their ability to maintain military hegemony. I guess we'll see. We live in interesting times.