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Is America really in some kind of long-term decline? In 1991 it found itself as the sole standing superpower, with USSR collapsing, China not there yet, and Jap
by rich_sasha 5y ago
Is America really in some kind of long-term decline? In 1991 it found itself as the sole standing superpower, with USSR collapsing, China not there yet, and Japan never quite making it.
It’s hard to stay ahead when you don’t have any competition. It is only last few years that it is obvious that China is a matching power. Russia is still there with its nukes but probably mostly off the board.
US has some serious problems, but any country at any moment does too. And yes, momentum is definitely on China’s side.
But to sum that all up and say “yeah US is in decline” seems excessive to me.
- iammisc 5y agoAgreed. This is sensationalizing. As it is, there is no competition to the USA. China is doing well now but the spectre of demographic misery is haunting them. People won't work when they don't have children.
- jopsen 5y ago> China is doing well now They certainly project that image. But we really can't trust anything they say. In fact: it's probably largely a country of fake statistics..
- redis_mlc 5y ago- up to 50% of food is imported - unemployment is in the 20% range, with 100% in flooded areas - delta corona could ravage the country like India - demographic time bomb - reliant on US capital markets But note that China got its first operational nuclear subs with MIRVs in 2010, after 50 years of effort. They target the US.
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