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When you’re on top, everyone else is going to try to take you down. And make no mistake, we’re still very much on top.

celticninja 7y ago
When you are on top you think everyone else is trying to take you down.
Nevermark 7y ago
We are going to seem to be on top, on the surface, long after we Have lost that position in actual practice. Right now we are escalating the debt to extreme levels during the longest economic expansion in US history. I.e. we seem to be planning to bankrupt ourselves. In the meantime, trade differences and trade wars are complex, but the net effect of the tensions with China is it is adapting away from any dependency from us, while are allies are of little help because we dropped our agreements with them. In the meantime, the US has been falling down the country lists for health, longevity, and education for some time. And our recent deference to authoritarian regimes over democratic allies is eroding our political power. The US is undergoing a steep decline and a turnaround in the current divisive hyper-polarized political climate seems very unlikely. The decline is being accelerated by the current political climate.
pluma 7y ago
Haha, no.
rolltiide 7y ago
I like the US' market's liquidity, that seems unparalleled I like the US' diversified portfolio of industries and stewardship of resources Its military seems wasteful and unnecessary, perpetuated by cultural paranoia and its domestic infrastructure for actually living seems to exist in a parallel world where it is compared to the worst countries in existence whenever challenged, operating with seeming unawareness of what other G20 countries have. when compared to a mixture of legal frameworks to support human rights across countries that have actively made inroads in this area, US seems to lag. The comparisons being just some mostly European countries in the G20. The US seems to lack consensus on supporting its existing human rights and lacks consensus on expanding what they are. when people say "on top", and further reflect that in its leaders masqauarading the US as a moral beacon in the world, I find this to be the exact kind of double speak that George Orwell described. given how many attributes countries have, it further seems like the US is number one in a race only it competes in. At least in this century. The things I like about the US, number one in market liquidity, aren't really what people talk about. Perhaps given that its capital class is so relatively small to its population, their voices aren't what I hear. Deriving confidence from number aircraft carriers around the world just seems to lack perspective, or perhaps this is again related to the size of its working class that required the option of military duty to get by, people that must comply and be a soldier to obtain subsidized schooling, trades, healthcare and housing from the government. The military is a kind of cool technical feat but given the costs and lack of threat its like really? this century? Those are my main thoughts so by which metrics is the US on top specifically, for you?
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- sangnoir 7y ago
  > people that must ... be a soldier to obtain subsidized schooling, trades, healthcare and housing from the government. Sounds like joining the army is one way of getting these special citizenship benefits. Would you like to know more?
  - rolltiide 7y ago
    I would not like to know more. Colloquially - as in Im not sure if this is backed by socioeconomic demographic distribution - the military is an option for people with less options, a route for people to choose as much as college is a route for people to choose. Military service being used to defer college and access it cheaper later. Correct me if Im wrong on this topic, this isnt what people choose in places or circumstances where other opportunities are abundant.
marcyb5st 7y ago
Based on which metric? Your comment remind me of this video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs
stronglikedan 7y ago
Not to mention that, if we're not the world police, then someone else will be, so we may as well be, since we're the best suited for the job.
- mikejb 7y ago
  "World police" sounds nice, but the US military is what it is: the military force of a country, ensuring that countries interests, and little else.
mrmonkeyman 7y ago
Nah, you are just paranoid. Nobody is taking anyone down because you don't matter anymore. Interesting stuff is happening on the Asian continent. Like the Roman Empire you are just falling, slowly, but steadily and nobody will give a shit. Just like France, UK, etc.

When you are on top you think everyone else is trying to take you down.

We are going to seem to be on top, on the surface, long after we Have lost that position in actual practice. Right now we are escalating the debt to extreme levels during the longest economic expansion in US history. I.e. we seem to be planning to bankrupt ourselves. In the meantime, trade differences and trade wars are complex, but the net effect of the tensions with China is it is adapting away from any dependency from us, while are allies are of little help because we dropped our agreements with them. In the meantime, the US has been falling down the country lists for health, longevity, and education for some time. And our recent deference to authoritarian regimes over democratic allies is eroding our political power. The US is undergoing a steep decline and a turnaround in the current divisive hyper-polarized political climate seems very unlikely. The decline is being accelerated by the current political climate.

pluma 7y ago

Haha, no.

rolltiide 7y ago

I like the US' market's liquidity, that seems unparalleled I like the US' diversified portfolio of industries and stewardship of resources Its military seems wasteful and unnecessary, perpetuated by cultural paranoia and its domestic infrastructure for actually living seems to exist in a parallel world where it is compared to the worst countries in existence whenever challenged, operating with seeming unawareness of what other G20 countries have. when compared to a mixture of legal frameworks to support human rights across countries that have actively made inroads in this area, US seems to lag. The comparisons being just some mostly European countries in the G20. The US seems to lack consensus on supporting its existing human rights and lacks consensus on expanding what they are. when people say "on top", and further reflect that in its leaders masqauarading the US as a moral beacon in the world, I find this to be the exact kind of double speak that George Orwell described. given how many attributes countries have, it further seems like the US is number one in a race only it competes in. At least in this century. The things I like about the US, number one in market liquidity, aren't really what people talk about. Perhaps given that its capital class is so relatively small to its population, their voices aren't what I hear. Deriving confidence from number aircraft carriers around the world just seems to lack perspective, or perhaps this is again related to the size of its working class that required the option of military duty to get by, people that must comply and be a soldier to obtain subsidized schooling, trades, healthcare and housing from the government. The military is a kind of cool technical feat but given the costs and lack of threat its like really? this century? Those are my main thoughts so by which metrics is the US on top specifically, for you?

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sangnoir 7y ago
> people that must ... be a soldier to obtain subsidized schooling, trades, healthcare and housing from the government. Sounds like joining the army is one way of getting these special citizenship benefits. Would you like to know more?
- rolltiide 7y ago
  I would not like to know more. Colloquially - as in Im not sure if this is backed by socioeconomic demographic distribution - the military is an option for people with less options, a route for people to choose as much as college is a route for people to choose. Military service being used to defer college and access it cheaper later. Correct me if Im wrong on this topic, this isnt what people choose in places or circumstances where other opportunities are abundant.

marcyb5st 7y ago

Based on which metric? Your comment remind me of this video -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs

stronglikedan 7y ago

Not to mention that, if we're not the world police, then someone else will be, so we may as well be, since we're the best suited for the job.

mikejb 7y ago
"World police" sounds nice, but the US military is what it is: the military force of a country, ensuring that countries interests, and little else.

mrmonkeyman 7y ago

Nah, you are just paranoid. Nobody is taking anyone down because you don't matter anymore. Interesting stuff is happening on the Asian continent. Like the Roman Empire you are just falling, slowly, but steadily and nobody will give a shit. Just like France, UK, etc.