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If we define a "collapse" as the rulers getting deposed by the opposition, then it happens in the US pretty often. When it happens in China things may get very
by unishark 6y ago
If we define a "collapse" as the rulers getting deposed by the opposition, then it happens in the US pretty often.
When it happens in China things may get very messy.
- magicsmoke 6y agoA "collapse" in the US would be civil war 2.0. That's what a "collapse" in China was from 1916 to 1949. Still, a civil war requires the civilian government to lose control of the military or a central military to splinter into regional militias. That doesn't seem likely in the US or China. Another scenario for a US "collapse" would be a military coup or some other end to the democratic experiment.
- rurp 6y agoI don't think a routine election counts as a collapse. A govt collapse in the US would mean some combination of elections failing, leaders keeping or gaining control through force, and a breakdown of rule of law with a lot of chaos, violence, and disruption. I very much do not want to see the US collapse; it would not be a pleasant experience. I don't think it's too likely in the near future, but it's certainly possible and these sorts of developments often only seem obvious in hindsight.