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What if, none of this matters? Until the US army starts to fail, i don't think american projection of power has been lowered. Yes, they seem broken on the outsi

What if, none of this matters? Until the US army starts to fail, i don't think american projection of power has been lowered. Yes, they seem broken on the outside, but it seems like their middle class is richer and has it better than other societies. But it's the military power, the safety that NATO provides to other countries that keeps the dollar on a pedestal and their stock bubble growing. There is a certain "lack of competition" in the superpower market today, as the competitors are just not there yet. This leads to complacency and inferior product.

simonblack 6y ago
Until the US army starts to fail The US Army has been failing for decades. It's just that this hasn't greatly mattered because the adversaries were small, powerless countries that didn't have the capability to hit back, only to resist. Sooner or later, the US will be in conflict with an adversary that does have the capability to hit back as well as to resist, and it won't be pretty. The analogy is Germany attacking the Soviets. Everybody expected to Soviets to last a mere six to ten weeks. Instead they lasted just under four years and overran Berlin.